“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
– African Proverb –
Interprofessional collaboration is not just ideal; it is necessary for positive outcomes all around. The evidence clearly correlates positive nurse and patient outcomes to the pillars of collaboration. Very clearly, in fact.
I want to say nurses are great collaborators- in some instances, we are. It’s no secret, however, that we have issues with lateral violence and “nurses eating their young” in our profession. Ironically, collaboration doesn’t work well with lateral violence in the mix <<SHOCKER!!>>
Collaboration is not easy. It requires planning and compromise, working toward a goal bigger than the individual collaborators. When it works, it’s a beautiful and powerful synergy; when it doesn’t, everybody suffers.
Some nurses have found and harnessed the power of collaboration. Have you?
Ashley & Linda
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