Interprofessional Nursing Collaboration

Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for example: hospital to home, home to rehabilitation facility) involves collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address the following questions:

How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration during times of patient transitions? (Look at this from a surgical nurse point of view…preop nurse, to intraop nurse, to PACU/Recovery nurse, to same-day surgery discharge to home or post operative care facility)
What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?
What gaps can you identify in this process related to quality of care?
Reference:

Patel, P. C., Panzera, A., DeNigris, J., Dunn, R., Chabot, J., & Conners, S. (2011). Evidence-based practice and a nursing journal club: An equation for positive patient outcomes and nursing empowerment

(Links to an external site.)

. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 27(5), 227-230. (WOs 1, 2)

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