Develop a 20-minute presentation for nursing colleagues highlighting the fundamental principles of care coordination. Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4-5 pages, and record a video of your presentation.
Care Coordination Presentation to Colleagues
Care Coordination Presentation to Colleagues
Hello, and welcome to the nursing team of this great hospital. The nursing department is happy to have you as part of its workforce. In this presentation, we are going to discuss nursing roles in coordination and continuum of care with an emphasis on collaborative strategies between nurses and other healthcare professionals as well as their patients, aspects of change management that directly affect patients’ experiences, the rationale for coordinated care plans, and the potential impacts of various policies on care outcomes and patients experiences. But first, let us define care coordination.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines care coordination as the deliberate organization of patient care activities and information sharing among all persons involved in patient care. These include the patients, their families, nurses, and other healthcare providers. Care coordination approaches seek to enhance the safety and effectiveness of care approaches by holistically and comprehensively addressing the specific needs of the patients. For them to excel in this regard, the needs of the patients should be established in advance, and care approaches should be synchronized. Healthcare collaborations synchronize healthcare professionals’ diverse roles in patient care and channel them toward enhancing patient experiences and clinical outcomes. Nurses integral to interdisciplinary healthcare teams involved with patients should be adequately conversant with collaborative strategies that foster healthy healthcare relationships.
Now, Let’s Discuss the Strategies for Collaborating with Patients and their Families to Achieve Desired Health Outcomes
Notably, several strategies can be used when engaging patients and their families to foster healthy patient-provider relationships and ensure better clinical outcomes. Patient-provider communication is a core caring process that can be exploited when engaging patients and their families and remains an enabler of healthcare collaborations. The communication process should be clear, transparent, respectful, and culturally sensitive. Cultural competent communication demonstrates awareness and knowledge of the diverse cultures in healthcare. It is critical in every aspect of care provision and is pivotal in eliminating barriers attributable to disparities and accustomed to cultural affiliations and differences in backgrounds. Ferdinand et al. (2021) report that cultural competence in trans-cultural caring is pivotal in building partnerships and trust between caregivers, patients, and patient’s families. It enables caregivers to understand their patients’ cultural dictates better and how to address them best. This enhances clinical outcomes and patient experiences.
Additionally, the active engagement of families in designing and implementing treatment plans may also be effective in enhancing patient-provider collaborations. This can be achieved by integrating the patients and their families in interdisciplinary healthcare teams, asking them for feedback on the material to educate and manage their kin, and defining their roles in multidisciplinary healthcare teams. Also essential in this regard is the establishment of a patient and family advisory committee, whose primary responsibility is to ensure that improvements in the care plans are made and that the care provided meets both the demands of the patients and of the family. Menear et al. (2020) assert that including the patient’s family members in designing therapeutic plans contributes to family- and patient-centeredness in care approaches. This enables the identification of the patient’s and family’s needs and provides a groundwork for addressing them. In addition, this enhances clinical outcomes and improves patient experiences.
Moreover, linking patients and their families with community resources may foster healthier collaborations and enhance clinical outcomes. Community resources are vital in the care continuum. They maintain significance in assisting patients in implementing therapeutic plans and meeting their health goals. Linking patients with these community resources bridges apparent gaps in care accustomed to separation from healthcare providers, as seen in patients under home-based care. Patients under chronic care may benefit from such programs, highlighting the significance of these resources in the care continuum.
Lastly, encouraging patients and their families to engage in their treatment plans may also enhance collaboration between patients and their caregivers. This support can be