Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Communication Workgroup on an Acute Psychiatric Unit.

Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Communication Workgroup on an Acute Psychiatric Unit. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2018 Apr 12;:1-6 Authors: Burnett S, Brown L, Pettis DD, Jordan C, Pettus S Abstract Communication among Interdisciplinary Healthcare Teams is an essential component of providing optimal patient care. Staff members at one U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs on an Acute Psychiatric Unit identified fragmented communication on the unit and expressed interest in forming an interdisciplinary communication workgroup. This quality improvement (QI) project was designed to enhance communication among the Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team on the Acute Psychiatric Unit. A workgroup was formed and met four times at one-hour intervals. A pre/post-test was used to determine the initial effectiveness of the intervention. The results of the intervention suggested increased communication among the Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team as an upward trend of the mean scores was noted. PMID: 29648918 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Issues Ment Health Nurs Source Type: research