Interprofessional Care: Overview and Core Competencies

Interprofessional Care

Objective
 The objective of the presentation is to provide
an overview of interprofessional care (IPC) and
discuss the core competencies about the given
situation.
 It will shed light on the strengths of IPC from the
client's perspective while incorporating IPC in
the provided situation.
 From the healthcare professional's point of
view, the challenges will be observed while
incorporating IPC in the given situation.
 A recommendation will be provided on the
incorporation of IPC in nursing practice while
providing care to the patients.

Scenario
Stress is noticed during morning medication
while providing morning medication to 32
residents. 1 RPN is responsible for providing
medication to all the residents. Long term care
is provided to the residents by 1 RPN. The
daily intervention of medication becomes full
stress work for the RPN. Moreover, the RPN
needs to do another assessment before the
administration of medicine. All the situation
leads to poor development of client-nurse
relationship due to lack of time for interaction.

Interprofessi
onal Care
Interprofessional care is a
collaborative effort of health
care team from a different
background working to deliver
quality care to the patients
(Hepp et al., 2015).
Incorporation of
interprofessional care in the
health care system maximizes
the benefits, which include:
Access to healthcare
•Improved outcomes for
patients with chronic disease.
•Prevention of confliction
among the caregivers
•Reduction in the rates of staff
turnover
•Easy recruitment of