Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinary Team Work

Critical Thinking And Interdisciplinary Team Work

Introduction

The word “team” refers to a set of individuals that work in coordination to achieve a pre set goal. This team must have good communication skills and should follow the critical thinking procedure in the nursing profession. The nurses play an essential role in the interdisciplinary performance and improvement of the quality of ongoing procedures and committees. In this article I have evaluated the impact of critical thinking and interdisciplinary team working in the nursing profession.

Description

Critical Thinking

The critical thinking holds prime importance in the nursing practice, in terms of taking timely and effective decisions. Its is defined as the ability of taking creative decisions on the basis of knowledge and by assessing and understanding the situation, through expert research and analysis (Ozkahraman, Yildirim, 2011). With the rapid changes in the healthcare system, there has been an increase in the requirements of the patients. As a nursing professional, I completely support the concept of critical thinking in practice. The nurses have to face varying scenario with the rapidly expanding health care system. In order to cope with these changes and handle the worst possible situations, it is of concern that these professional should be capable of performing critical analysis of the situation and using critical thinking, take appropriate decisions. As defined by Ignatavicius, critical thinking is a rational, purposeful and an analytic process that is based on the scientific research and evidence based resources available (2005). In order to maintain the quality of the process, it is vital that the nurses develop critical thinking skills in their practice. This helps them in giving a better care and support to the patient with appropriate measures taken to ensure the patient safety. However, critical thinking is not a quality a person is born with. It comes with clinical experience, and it is essential that students should be exposed to learn the procedure as a necessary part of their curriculum.

Interdisciplinary Team Working

While working in an organization, especially one that is related to patient health care, it is of concern that the interdisciplinary approach is followed. The team work refers to a collaborative working process in which every individual member works together with a collective thinking approach. Interdisciplinary team work refers to the condition, in which a team thinks jointly in partnership with each other by keeping a common goal as its main focus. This ...