...Collaboration between APNS, other Healthcare Professionals, and Agencies Student’s Name Institution Collaboration between APNS, other Healthcare Professionals, and Agencies Cooperation, mutual working relationship and understanding between APNs (advanced practice nurses) other healthcare professionals and agencies is critical for the improvement of health (Edwards, 2009). Such collaborative working relationship promotes research, enhances patient education, increases general public awareness and promotes correct diagnoses and treatment. In this paper. Therefore, my interest is in this collaboration (Fairman et. al, 2011). I seek to find out the ways advanced practice nurses and other groups can collaborate to improve health status and service delivery. Health agencies and organizations include researchers, medical unions, patient advocacy organizations and other associations within the health industry (Freshwater, 2002). APNs are health professionals who emphasize self-care and wellness, manage their workload, and provide diagnosis and treatment of health disorders (Johns, 2000). APNs always focus on the impact of diseases and medications on the patient and the society as a whole. APNs are registered nurses with advanced credentials; they are also certified by the relevant certification bodies (Hoyt, Proehl & Jean, 2012). The common places where APNs work include schools, clinics, health centers, physician offices, hospices, and nursing homes. APNs also...
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...Teamwork and collaboration in the healthcare field is starting to become more and more efficient on the floor. Working together as a team or "unit" is going to help any situation no matter if it is dealing with bedside care or something as important as medications. Nurses need to be able to rely on each other because at the end of the day, the goal is the same. The overall goal is meeting the patient's needs. Making sure a patient is taken care of properly and promptly is one of the main responsibilities of a nurse. Nurses on the floor need to feel like a unit and know that other staff would be willing to do anything to help them because it overall affects the health status of the patient. According to Ward (2013), "When nurses function as...
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...frequently professionally and in my personal life. In order to function as a team effectively, the team must work together and communicate effectively in order to accomplish any set desired goal. As healthcare providers it is a necessity that we work as a team in a collaborative effort to provide quality healthcare. So I do believe in and agree the importance of collaboration. The 10 lessons in collaboration identified by Deborah Gardner in her abstract all in some way involve methods, paradigms and or concepts designed to equip healthcare providers with tools to become better communicators. In lesson one "know thyself" she implies by a healthcare provider understanding and being aware of their own values, strengths, weaknesses and dynamics of their own personality. By pursuing questionable oneself it is "requires the dualistic pursuit of self-knowledge and knowledge of others’ mental models” ( (Deborah Gardner PhD, 2005). Inadvertently, while seeking to understand and know yourself you learn and understand other people. so there is a dual benefit. Creating win-win situations, mastering interpersonal skills, and learning to value and manage diversity are other lessons and Dr. Gardner’s abstract that are useful not only in healthcare providers collaboration with one another but with healthcare providers communication with patients and everyday life situations. EMTs, paramedics, nurses and respiratory therapist administration periodically gather prior to shifts and discuss matters...
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...Annual Report: KPJ HEALTHCARE BERHAD (2011) Vision, Mission and Core Values Vision * The preferred healthcare provider KPJ vision is to become the preferred healthcare provider. The aim for KPJ to set this vision is because they wanted their clients to choose KPJ as their lifelong companion on its healthcare journey. Besides that, they also wanted to help their client, take care of them in every way in their healthcare needs. Mission * Deliver quality healthcare services KPJ’s mission is to deliver quality healthcare services serves to provide coordinated medical services to all customers across a continuum of care. This is way KPJ always strengthen its commitment to provide customers highest standards services and treatment through teamwork and unity between the Medical Consultants and the clinical as well as non-clinical staff. Core Values * Ensuring safety * Delivering service with courtesy * Performing duties with integrity * Exercising professionalism at all times * Striving for continuous improvement Introduction KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ) leading healthcare service provider in Malaysia and operating 20 private specialist hospitals in Malaysia and two hospitals in Jakarta, Indonesia. Since the opening of the first hospital in Johor Bahru in 1981, KPJ has now served the community for three decades. Today, KPJ has its staff strength of 8,992 employees who support the medical services provided by 860 Medical Consultants specializing in...
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...Designing effective collaboration A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit Sponsored by Cisco Systems Designing effective collaboration Preface n early 2008 the Economist Intelligence Unit published a paper titled “The role of trust in business collaboration”, one of a several papers produced since 2006 as a part of ongoing research sponsored by Cisco Systems. The paper focused on the need for different levels of trust in different business environments. Although each of those environments was commonly deemed “collaborative”, there was in fact a distinct difference between the level of trust required and the degree of collaboration. More importantly, trust was shown to be a key success factor in collaboration. These findings may seem unsurprising on the surface, but they became far more notable when combined with other results from that research. Particularly, few “collaborations” were seen as completely successful, few people actually trust very highly many of the people with whom they work and the term “collaboration” is most often used today to describe activities that are, in fact, quite mundane. What happens, then, when companies are pursuing complex and ambitious collaborations with lofty aspirations like innovation, margins and returns to shareholders? Furthermore, how do companies collaborate successfully on such ventures in an increasingly global economy and when knowledge is at a premium? The Economist Intelligence Unit and Cisco decided to join forces...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix E Collaboration Worksheet Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • What are the advantages of having diversity in a collaborative learning environment? Collaborating helps each individual learn from different interests. Sheltering yourself from diversity can actually harm you than help you. You can learn so much from the different cultures, ethnicity, race, and even religion. Diversity in general is good for any learning environment. The interaction with others will let you experience a little bit of their upbringing. Each person is their own little world that has so much to offer if we only sit and listen to their opinions. Whether you are an adult or a young kid interacting in a group with others. Each one has different life styles and learning from one and other is a huge accomplishment. Your knowledge and learning applications when cooperating in a collaborative learning environment will further in depth. You will learn about other cultures, beliefs, behaviors and family history. As student’s I believe we all have something new to offer a classroom environment. Improvement is the key subject in collaborating as a group or team. • How might factors such as diversity, attitude, learning, and work styles affect collaboration? Some aspects in diversity that may affect collaboration are language barriers. Some people that do not speak the English language and write it as well...
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...been assigned to integrate strategies that will help generate the profit needed in regard to its call center. Contained in this paper is the strategic plan created by the team to aid in team and management collaboration, training programs, and tactics in identifying and minimizing conflict within teams. Presenting the Operational Change Before the team creates a strategic plan, management should not inform employees of the change because this may create problems among the employees. They may think jobs are at risk or the company is closing. After the plan is created, management should provide employees with details of the plan that affect them. These details will include the organization’s mission, how it intends to fulfill that mission, and the plan to train employees and provide them with the tools needed to perform effectively their tasks during and after the operational change. Training of Multiple Audiences Training provides education, raises awareness, opportunities to prevent fraud, improve ethical practices, and increases short and long-term company profits. The training plan is designed to maintain the following principles (Robbins & Judge, 2011): • Training goal – training managers will design curricula to help achieve effective communication, collaboration, and conflict management...
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...Evolution to Collaborative Networks March 7, 2012 Abstract From the beginning of man there have been many various forms of collaborative networks. Beginning crudely in clans, evolving to cultures, societies, governments, and finally in the market place. This paper examines the history and evolution of many of the most popular forms of collaborative networks in businesses from the early 1900s to the present day. It will examine the research claims as the best practices for the day, how it has evolved and what has caused collaborative networks to mature to the present day thinking. Finally, based on the historical evidence and its direction, observe what visionary direction the research should be looking to. Keywords: collaborative advantage, collaborative networks, co-operation, joint ventures, leadership, open markets, vertical integration. Evolution to Collaborative Networks Introduction It is no longer a secret in the business world today that competition is fierce. In every segment, the market is changing at an alarming rate. Product life cycles that used to last for years and decades are now only lasting for mere months. No company knows exactly what direction the market will go, so they are seeking the greatest intelligence to gain the greatest advantage. In the past it was to a firm’s advantage to obtain new information and keep it from their competitors and even their suppliers, but today’s technologies have evened the playing field. The elements that brought...
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...connection, and web-based collaboration tools like blogs, and wikis, and has as such created a "mass collaboration. People from all over the world are efficiently able to communicate and share ideas through the internet, or even conferences, without any geographical barriers. The power of social networks it beginning to permeate into business culture where many collaborative uses are being found including knowledge sharing and transfers. Here I thought of an idea that will improve business collaboration; this idea comes from the idea of Facebook, but in a professional manner. It’s a website similar to Facebook that’s uses the Internet as a common meeting and work space, and it will enable companies to raise their informations and their profile which will serve to identify these companies at their country and even at the international level. In this site we will know all about these companies such as name, financial capital, legal status, field of activity, workforce and skills working in these companies, projects carried, future plans and experiences. It is a way of coordinating different ideas from numerous people to generate a wide variety of knowledge. Collaboration in business can be found both inter- and intra-organization and ranges from the simplicity of a partnership and crowd funding to the complexity of a multinational corporation. Thanks to this website we will improve the productivity of the company that’s based on the principle of collaboration which has been shown...
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...INTRODUCTION Partnerships are defined by the Audit Commission (1998) as “joint working arrangements where parties are otherwise independent bodies who agree to co-operate to achieve common goals, create a new organisational structure or process to achieve these goals, plan and implement a joint programme and share relevant information, tasks and rewards”. Stern and Green (2005) clarify the definition of partnerships further as programmes that have “a high level of commitment, mutual trust, equal ownership and the achievement of a common goal, as distinct from networks which involve sharing information or other resources but not for the explicit purpose of joint working”. Definitions are particularly significant to the topic of this essay, as the component characteristics of partnerships as set out above are often overlooked by organisations and individuals when approaching the delivery of activities ‘in partnership’. In theory, partnership involves collaborative working where people pool ideas and expertise, so the leadership, energy and services produced are greater than the sum of their individual capabilities. It also requires re-thinking the remit or boundaries of organisations within which leadership is to be distributed and respected. This is particularly relevant when considering partnerships to deliver single outcome agreements that have previously been the responsibility of one body, or several bodies in isolation. These are challenges to which public sector...
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...Technological Advancements in Communication Advancement in technological communication listed in the article was collaborative tools. One in which is called the smartsheet. The smartsheet was a place where many companies or parties involved in communicating could add to which each of their ideas and findings. Even if several languages are used. Instead of hundreds of emails being corresponded, each person uses the smartsheet to communicate, sharing data and information. This method of collaborative communication is lower cost as low as $25 each month, compared to other collaborative methods such as the Web 2.o Mashup server software which can cost a company a minimum of $50,000. The Mashup Server software does offer more features where it acts as a one stop shop for research, training, communication, wiki and even instant messaging. I feel that the Mashup Server software would be more beneficial in a workplace because it logs all communication while keeping everyone formal. This form of communication is not traditional and would be hard to get everyone on board. If people are used to corresponding via email and instant messaging, implementing a new program would cause resistance to change. One reason the resistance to the change would arise would be because the difficulty of merging the new software with other operating software programs already in place or the level of difficulty in learning the new system. The reason it is not traditional is because it is newer than emailing...
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...Assignment 2 -report- completed as (part of) the requirements for 'Collaborative Business Processes 31247' What are aspects of collaboration in business goals, deliverables, activities, design and technology? Collaboration involves the use of Information Technology and other tools to assist groups of people to achieve a shared task. Collaboration processes are infused in business processes and therefore are present in the creation of business goals, deliverables, activities, design and technology. Business Goals The creation of business goals is an important process in establishing the foundations for a business’ direction. Collaboration tools are used to facilitate team meetings and the communication of ideas between members of a group. The use of such tools fosters discussion allowing each member to provide their specialised skill set and knowledge to the group. The use of online collaboration resources, such as social networks and web applications allows each member of the group to contribute from any location or device that has Internet access. Deliverables The creation of deliverables is subjected to a collaboration process. Reports, overviews and analysis are made through a collaborative effort with several people often contributing to the creation of a deliverable item. Those items can then be further subjected to a collaborative process and used by another group of people to create another item, report or idea. Collaborative tools, such as Google...
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...going well. Different people will have different definitions of teamwork. In my point of view, teamwork is not one’s self managing one’s self but a group of individuals managing each other. Such a challenge can present a variety of differences in terms of learning, communication styles, comprehension limitation, etc. Therefore, in this paper, I’d like to identify one of the most significant issues of teamwork that I’ve learnt during the campaign, that is, Collaboration. Collaboration is just like playing football when a person passes the ball, other people will attempt to keep it. Once a person loses the ball, the whole team will be affected. Indeed, collaboration is actively finding an effective way to perform the task and to work well with the team in order to get high quality of work. Collaboration works best when team members sit together, set goals and values for what team members will do, then share those common goals and values. Participation, communication, trust, honesty and respect are extremely important in collaboration. So, why is this significant to me? Well, because I’ve faced with challenges in collaborating with others many times during the campaign. As this course does not have frequent classes and team members were busy with their own...
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...ORGANISATION An organization (or organisation) is a social entity that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment. The word is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon which means "organ" – a compartment for a particular task. ORGANISER a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" 1. Communicator – the community organizer transfers or transmits information, thought, knowledge etc. to the members of the community.Sharing of information enables the community to be better prepared and empowered with information. The communication between the organizer and the community and within the community is essential. The people have to be prepared and known about the various effects of consequences of the community organization process. The communication takes place by individual contact, group meetings, group discussions, public meetings etc. At times the community organizer takes an upper hand and considers that the people are illiterate and ignorant and hence the dealings with the people become a master slave relationship. In order to avoid any such undesired relationship the community organizer has transparency and communicates with the people. The communication enables better interaction which leads to a healthy relationship and cooperation for further action and response. The community organizer in order to disseminate the information to the people...
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...Process Reflection Week 2 Maria Rodriguez Educational Administration Foundation and Framework August 1, 2013 Collaboration assignments in the online classroom setting can be one of the hardest and most challenging tasks ever during the online experience. Online students don’t necessarily ever meet each other in person or online and communication can be very challenging. During this type of assignments students can lose touch and not have the ability to successfully communicate with each other. Communication plays a huge part when it comes to online settings. If there isn’t enough streaming communication the ability for all students to participate get hindered and collaboration is not reached successfully. During this task, it was found that everyone’s personal schedule and availability interfered with the task. Students found themselves online and available to work at different times of the day, which made communication hard. Students also faced the challenge of being able to fully participate in the assignment. When the assignment was first discussed not everyone was available and parts of the assignments where grabbed by those available, in turn some students didn’t do much. The students who did do parts of the assignments did a wonderful job, but this beats the purpose of a collaborative assignment. More open communication and availability is needs to be achieved and some type of instant chat or message board needs to be used. Students should all be available...
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