Communication Improvement in
Healthcare
INTERPERSONAL EDUCATION (IPE)
Natesha Ward
WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw state University
NURS 7712 Nurse Educator Role
Scholarly Paper
April 19th 2024
Interpersonal education (IPE)
when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to
enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Improving communication
and roles of responsibilities alone can allow nurses to better discuss patient care plans and
patient outcomes, interventions or consultations. (Oermann et al., 2022).
Nursing is a big field that is affected by social, economic and political
changes. Significant social trends have influenced nursing practice and
the role of the nurse as an educator, one of these specific trends is the
need for communication improvement among healthcare disciplines
with a call for interprofessional education to best meet healthcare
needs.
Stereotypes and General
Biases
Some people in separate fields of the healthcare industry hold animosity and even sometimes don’t
even respect those that they work with. IPE can help dispel stereotypes such as doctors are arrogant
and do not listen or other professionals or therapists do not have an understanding of the overall
patient. This can break down those barriers between professionals and foster better communication
and better understanding which can only lead to better care for patients.
Communication
Improving communication and roles of
Communication is the key to teamwork
responsibilities alone can allow nurses to better
and there are many interprofessional rifts
discuss patient care plans and patient outcomes,
that could be prevented with better interventions or consultations. Which would in turn
education and collaboration make it easier to administer care and reduce the
amount of delays and any other barrier that prevents
someone from being quickly treated and discharged.
There are four main things to think about when considering the
IPE AS AN impacts, development and promotion of interprofessional
thinking and acting, acquirement of shared knowledge,
EDUCATOR
promotion of beneficial information and knowledge exchange,
and promotion of mutual understanding. Educators expect an
improved patient-centered care based on better mutual
What are the benefits of IPE in the eyes understanding and coordinated cooperation in interprofessional
of the educators health care teams. To sum up many points, IPE promotes
interprofessional cooperation between the medical and the
nursing profession.
IPE AS AN EDUCATOR
Many researchers and educators believe that in order to ensure high quality patient care an effective interprofessional
collaboration between healthcare professionals is required.The aim is to explore how IPE has to be designed and implemented
in medical and nursing training programs to optimize students’ impact. Skills in interprofessional communication and roles
understanding will be primary preconditions to improve collaborative patient-centered care.
(Homeyer et all, 2018).
Conclusion on IPE
After looking at not only what IPE is, but also how it impacts the learner’s perception but also the effectiveness of care
and the methods that can be used for those outcomes. In conclusion the future development of IPE in prelicensure
registered nursing curricula. Impacts not only educators but students and they want that they perform. Research has
proven that IPE should be incorporated into the education of not only nurses but other workers and teachers in the
healthcare profession to help develop understanding and collaboration between physicians.
Conclusion on IPE
The majority perceives the implementation of IPE has given them a
greater understanding of other professionals’ roles, had enhanced their
professional confidence and would help them prioritise workload once
qualified. (Hamilton et all, 2021)
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