The Impact of TeamSTEPPS on Nursing Culture of Safety
If healthcare staff encounter an emergency code situation in a patient’s room, will everyone on the healthcare team know their role in a resuscitation? Will the resuscitation run smoothly? Consider the symphony that must occur for an emergency situation to go well. There must be a conductor and there must be an orchestra of teammates to carryout orders. However, if these teammates do not work together then the dissonance that occurs can lead to poor outcomes for the patient. To improve the harmony of this team a leader may choose to implement TeamSTEPPS as a program to develop and strengthen collaboration. The purpose of this paper is to discuss TeamSTEPPS and its significance in nursing through evidence-based practice. With this teambuilding concept leaders have the opportunity to positively impact nursing practice by empowering healthcare providers which can lead to
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Significance of TeamSTEPPS
TeamSTEPPS is a teamwork program developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Department of Defense that offers a powerful solution to improving collaboration and communication within an institution (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2015). By investing in this program teams take patient care to a higher level as each individual communicates openly and works toward the same vision (Plonien & Williams, 2015). The synergy of the team decreases errors and maximizes patient safety as the strengths of each individual become greater when combined. Patients notice this level of teamwork and measure it in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.