Collaborative and Therapeutic Nursing Practice

The assignment explores the concept of collaborative and therapeutic nursing practice, focusing on the role of healthcare professionals in multidisciplinary teams. It highlights the importance of proper communication skills, leadership skills, and organizational skills for team members to provide comprehensive care to patients. The leader of the healthcare team is often a registered nurse who provides fundamental care to patients, while the most important member is also a registered nurse due to their specialization and experience.

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Module 2 – Collaborative and Therapeutic Practice
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Activity 2
The determining factors of a healthcare professional to be a part of a healthcare team:
The members of a multidisciplinary healthcare team needs to have certain factors to
determine their competency. Such as, they need to have proper communication skills (to
communicate with the patient and the team members), leadership skills (to give timely
response) and organizational skills. The members not only provides required treatment for the
patient, but also helps the patient to get proper care from the other team members as well
when required (Crisp, & Taylor, 2009).
The leader of the healthcare team:
Albeit, the doctor can be the leader, it is a registered and experienced nurse, who provides
the fundamental care to the patient. It can be assumed that the nurse should be the leader of
the team as she spends more time caring for the patients and primarily interacts with the
families gaining certainly more idea about the individuality of the patient (Berman et al.,
2010).
The most important member of the healthcare team:
The most important member of the healthcare team is the registered nurses as they have a
vast role in a health care. The nurses care for the patient for days and manage the
coordination of care giving. Many nurses have specialization over some area and with their
experience on that particular area, they becomes the most important member in a
multidisciplinary team (Weller, 2012).
Case study 1:

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The key issues in this dilemma:
The patient Grant Thompson is suffering from MVA for 6 months. Due to his slow
recovery, the team is having dilemma about the patient. According to occupational therapist
and the physiotherapist, the patient needs the acute care he was receiving for many more days
(Mndaust.asn.au., 2017). The social worker and the psychologist, thinks that the reason of the
slow recovery is the negative effects he is having after separating from his family. The
doctor’s opinion was that the treatment of the patient is possible from outside but the patient
has to attend all the physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions.
The best possible outcome suggested for the patient:
As the patient is outside his home for too long and the separation from his family took a
toll on his mind, he could continue all his treatment from his home as the doctor suggested.
Both the psychotherapist and the occupational therapist need to take an important role to
provide special therapy sessions to the patient after his release. The patient’s wife is also
taking some special measures for him by installing some modifications like handrails in the
bathroom or ramps. This adjustment should not provide any further problem in the treatment
of the patient (Kalishman, Stoddard, & O’Sullivan, 2012).
Best guidance for the patient and the family:
All of the members of the multidisciplinary team have to take the respective special
responsibilities. The occupational therapist and the psychotherapist need to arrange many
special sessions to give the patient the therapy he needs. The social worker needs to see if the
patient is having all the supports at home. If needed, the doctor should suggest having a full
time nurse at home to provide him support. The role of the family in this scenario is
important, as the family would be the primary caregiver after his discharge. The

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multidisciplinary team should get the patient’s family on board for the betterment of his care
giving (Weller, 2012).

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References:
Berman, A., Snyder, S., Kozier, B., Erb, G., Levett-Jones, T. Dwyer, T. & Stanley, D. (2010).
Kozier and Erb’s fundamentals of nursing, First Australian Edn. Pearson, Frenchs
Forest.
Crisp, J. & Taylor, C. (Eds). (2009). Potter and Perry’s fundamentals of nursing, 3rd edn.
Elsevier, Chatswood.
Kalishman, S., Stoddard, H. & O’Sullivan, P. (2012). Don’t manage the conflict: transform it
through collaboration. Medical Education, 46, 926-934.
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Mndaust.asn.au. (2017). Retrieved 13 September 2017, from http://www.mndaust.asn.au/Get-
informed/Information-resources/Living_better_for_longer/WEBMND-Australia-Fact-
Sheet-EB3-Multidisciplinary.aspx
Weller, J. (2012). Shedding new light on tribalism in health care. Medical Education, 46,
132-142.
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