NR 451 Week 5 Discussion: Interprofessional Collaboration
Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for example: hospital to home, home to
rehabilitation facility) involves collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address
the following questions:
• How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration during times of patient
transitions?
• What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?
• What gaps can you identify in this process related to quality of care? (If you are not currently in
practice, please use a previous role or clinical experience in your answers.)
Answer
During patient transitions, professionals of all the disciplines involved in patient care play an important
and unique role. In the clinic where I work, we receive patients from the hospitals who have just
started receiving dialysis treatments. We also transition patients from the clinic to their homes where
they can receive home hemodialysis. In any of these two scenarios, the providers, nurses, social
