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? (Look at this from a surgical nurse point of view…preop nurse, to intraop nurse, to PACU/Recovery nurse, to same-day surgery discharge to home or post operative care facility)
• What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?
• What gaps can you identify in this process related to quality of care?

Reference:

Patel, P. C., Panzera, A., DeNigris, J., Dunn, R., Chabot, J., & Conners, S. (2011). Evidence-based practice and a nursing journal club: An equation for positive patient outcomes and nursing empowerment

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. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 27(5), 227-230. (WOs 1, 2)