Interdisciplinary Barriers in Nursing

Interdisciplinary Barriers in Nursing
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Interdisciplinary Barriers in Nursing
Evidence-based interdisciplinary healthcare practices can greatly improve the healthcare outcomes of patients in hospitals and other medical facilities. Interdisciplinary healthcare approaches require the collaboration of various disciplines to deliver patient care (Liu, 2021). Nurses are an integral part of multidisciplinary healthcare practices and the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care. The most effective interdisciplinary teams encourage nurses and healthcare professionals from other disciplines to share responsibilities to enhance patient care outcomes. Evidence-based interdisciplinary practices also use research information to promote role interdependence among healthcare teams while respecting the autonomy and experience of the individual members. This report summarizes and analyzes the barriers to interdisciplinary practices experienced by a healthcare professional at his previous work and their implications to nursing.
The healthcare professional that was interviewed is a certified registered nurse who has five years’ experience. The roles of a registered nurse include performing diagnostic tests and physical examinations on patients, observing and recording healthcare outcomes, collecting healthcare data, administering medication, and educating patients on the available treatment plans to ensure they make informed decisions (Watkins & Neubrander, 2020). The interviewed nurse claimed that the healthcare organization he was working for had interdisciplinary barriers characterized by a lack of effective communication and teamwork among healthcare providers from various disciplines. The organization had inconsistencies between training and practice because healthcare workers did not collaborate or share ideas to improve healthcare outcomes in the facility. During the interview, the nurse also emphasized the significance of communication in effective interdisciplinary healthcare practices. The interview utilized qualitative strategies to collect data from the interviewee. According to Jönsson et al. (2021), qualitative semi-structured interviews are useful in collecting useful information and healthcare providers’ perceptions and opinion that may be useful for research. The interview primarily focused on the barriers to interdisciplinary healthcare practices.
The major interdisciplinary barriers identified in the interview are a lack of communication and teamwork. Previous studies reveal that effective communication and teamwork among healthcare professionals can significantly improve the quality of healthcare delivery (Hassan, 2018). Communication can significantly be used to avoid medical errors and accidents in hospitals and effectively deliver medication. A lack of communication among various healthcare providers puts the patients’ health at risk because important information about medication and treatment plans may be omitted. Communication encourages healthcare professionals to share healthcare information, make meaningful decisions, and use evidence-based practices to deliver care. In...