Nursing is a collaborative profession. It is not an independent or a free-standing profession. Multidisciplinary care is a health care profession that includes physicians, nurses, social workers, program coordinators and health professionals from different specialties. To provide optimal care to the patients and understand their situations, these multidisciplinary teams must work together, communicate frequently, and share resources. Since each profession has specialized knowledge and is responsible for different tasks, the needs of interacting interdependently with a common purpose and working toward measurable goals are vital for the patient care. As a result, effective collaborative health care can prevent such a situation from occurring. …show more content…
If I were the RN overseeing Mr. Daly’s care I would deal with the situation of Mr. Daley differently. As becoming a nurse, my first priority is to advocate for the patient and ensure to provide optimum patient care. For me the most significant issue of Mr. Daly’s treatment was the way he received his inadequate pain management. Nurses are obligated not to harm patients. This understanding will be essential to me as a learner because effective pain management is a patient’s right. Consequently, assessing and monitoring for patients’ pain and providing appropriate interventions to minimize and reduce the pain should be a top priority for patient centered care. I wouldn’t ignore when the patient complains their pain. It is very sad situation for Mr. Daly that untreated, under treated, or ignored pain turned into more suffering time for him and eventually the cause of death. Respectful communication is also important matter in this case, as far as I am concerned. Every patient is not deserved to over-hear statements such as “I can’t imagine he’ll live much longer with a sore like that.” This shows lack of respectful to patient