Teamwork in nursing has these characteristics: good communication, respect for one another, shared planning, common goals, cooperation, coordination, sharing of expertise, and shared decision-making.
• Discuss a clinical experience where you were part of the interdisciplinary team. List the members of the interdisciplinary team of which you were a participant.
• What was the patient case about and why was the collaboration necessary?
• Why is team collaboration important in care of a patient? • What did you learn from this encounter?
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