1. Getting Started: Interprofessional teams are part of practice trends we see developing in all aspects of care delivery. Consider you own work environment (or recent clinical setting).
o For this assignment, consider the concept of interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes.
o Look to your current workplace as an example. (If you are not currently employed, look to a past workplace or clinical practice area.)
o Apply the components of the iCARE concept to interprofessional teams in a short paper. (Body of the paper to be 3 pages, excluding the title page and references page)
o iCARE components are:
C ompassion
A dvocacy
R esilience
E vidence-Based Practice (EBP)
o How could you contribute to the interprofessional team, the culture of your practice setting, and positive patient outcomes through nursing actions demonstrating compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice?
2. Select one scholarly nursing article from CINAHL as a resource for your paper.
o Additional scholarly sources can be used but are optional.
o When searching in the CINAHL database, please limit your search word to one component of the paper you wish to emphasize, such as ‘Resilience’. Searching for the term iCARE will not produce the results you need.
3. Elements of iCARE paper
o Title page
o Below are the headings to be used for this assignment.
Title of your paper as the heading for the introduction (Do not use the word Introduction, just the paper title from your title page. See page 61 of the APA Manual, 7th edition for an example). Explain the type of work setting you are discussing and whether interprofessional teams are currently present. If interprofessional teams are present, indicate a team function that could be improved. If interprofessional teams are NOT present, indicate what type of team you think might be possible in the setting.
Describe a nursing action item for each component below that could contribute to: interprofessional team support; how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Compassion
Advocacy
Resilience
Evidence-Based Practice
Summary: Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you may be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional teams overall in your unit or organization.
References: List any references used in APA format.
Title
Your Name
College
Capstone Course
Instructor
Due Date
Your title here
This paragraph(s) is to introduce the paper. Explain the type of work setting you are
discussing and whether interprofessional teams are present. If present, indicate a team function
that could be improved. If not present, indicate what type of team you think might work well in
this setting and how it might function. Remember, this is an APA scholarly paper. REMINDER:
Remember to keep the headings bolded and remove these directions beneath each heading when
you start your paper.
Compassion
In this paragraph, describe a nursing action that could contribute to compassion through interprofessional team support; describe how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Advocacy
In this paragraph, describe a nursing action that could contribute to advocacy through interprofessional team support; describe how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Resilience
In this paragraph, describe a nursing action that could contribute to resilience through interprofessional team support; describe how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Evidence-Based Practice
In this paragraph, describe a nursing action that could contribute to evidence-based practice through interprofessional team support; how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Summary
Provide a clear and concise summary. Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes through nursing actions. Address how you may be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional teams on your unit or in your organization.
References
Please use at least one scholarly source from the CINAHL database in the Chamberlain Library.
Other scholarly sources may be used, but are optional.
