Description

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     Essential VI prepares the DNP graduate to understand their role in supporting interprofessional collaboration. Safe, effective, equitable, patient-centered care requires skills and knowledge acrosses the care delivery system vertically and horizontally. DNP prepared nurses function as members or consultants of highly collaborative teams, and develop expertise needed to assume leadership roles to achieve the intended aims. 

DNP VI Essentials achievement:

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     The process to, and application of, this QIP required development, collaboration and leadership with numerous inter and intraprofessional teams. At the senior stakeholder level, collaboration included clear articulation of aim, establishment of necessary resources, and development of agreed upon metrics for ongoing analysis. At the collegial level, communication included interviewing stakeholders to measure success, establish opportunity for improvement and promote collaboration to support sustainability and change management. At the staff level, leadership attributes required active listening to identify barriers, diminish these and celebrate successes. Kotter’s change model was applied across the collaboration continuum which was highly applicable to the QIP given the vertical and horizontal impact of change.