Multi Disciplinary Team in Healthcare
Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
Whilst on placement on an adult rehabilitation ward, I had the opportunity to work in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team and attended a multi-disciplinary team meeting. Gorman (1998) describes a multi-disciplinary team as “…bringing together the wisdom and skills [and] …differing expertise, different value systems and different organizational hierarchies” of the various areas of knowledge. Whilst on this placement, I have worked alongside and assisted nursing Sisters, staff nurses, auxiliary nurses, physiotherapists, consultants, clinical fellows and house officers. I have assisted clinical fellows and house officers to insert a cannula into a patient’s vein. I have assisted the physiotherapist to transfer and mobilize patients. I have discussed the progress of patients with the physiotherapist. I have assisted the auxiliary nurses with the washing, bathing, dressing and toileting of patients. I have also assisted staff nurses and sisters with their nursing duties, for example, dressing patient’s wounds, administering medications and injections, writing kardexes and care plans, participated in shift handovers and admitting and discharging patients. There are many benefits of a multi-disciplinary team. One such benefit is a better quality decision can be made. Decisions regarding treatment can be very complex and serious. Decision-making using information from all members of the care delivery team ensures that important information about the patient is not ignored or missed. Another benefit is that the allocation of roles and responsibilities is clearer and easier to understand when all of the team members are together in a meeting. Also, one team, one voice: the whole team working towards the same plan of treatment, speaking to the patient and their family with one voice rather than disagreement (Gorman, 1998). Whilst on my placement on the adult rehabilitation ward, I attended a multi-disciplinary team
Whilst on placement on an adult rehabilitation ward, I had the opportunity to work in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team and attended a multi-disciplinary team meeting. Gorman (1998) describes a multi-disciplinary team as “…bringing together the wisdom and skills [and] …differing expertise, different value systems and different organizational hierarchies” of the various areas of knowledge. Whilst on this placement, I have worked alongside and assisted nursing Sisters, staff nurses, auxiliary nurses, physiotherapists, consultants, clinical fellows and house officers. I have assisted clinical fellows and house officers to insert a cannula into a patient’s vein. I have assisted the physiotherapist to transfer and mobilize patients. I have discussed the progress of patients with the physiotherapist. I have assisted the auxiliary nurses with the washing, bathing, dressing and toileting of patients. I have also assisted staff nurses and sisters with their nursing duties, for example, dressing patient’s wounds, administering medications and injections, writing kardexes and care plans, participated in shift handovers and admitting and discharging patients. There are many benefits of a multi-disciplinary team. One such benefit is a better quality decision can be made. Decisions regarding treatment can be very complex and serious. Decision-making using information from all members of the care delivery team ensures that important information about the patient is not ignored or missed. Another benefit is that the allocation of roles and responsibilities is clearer and easier to understand when all of the team members are together in a meeting. Also, one team, one voice: the whole team working towards the same plan of treatment, speaking to the patient and their family with one voice rather than disagreement (Gorman, 1998). Whilst on my placement on the adult rehabilitation ward, I attended a multi-disciplinary team
References: Gorman, P. (1998) Managing Multi-Disciplinary Teams in the NHS. London: Kogan Page Limited. Squires, A.J. (1988) Rehabilitation of the Older Patient. A Handbook for the Multi-Disciplinary Team. London: Croom Helm Limited.