Building An Effective Team to Support and Improve Patient Care

When forming a quality improvement team, the strategy to implement is to include the right people on the team (Al-Mansour et al., 2020). Before determining who the right people are, we should first determine the team's aim. For our case, the objective is to support and improve patient care. Therefore, our team should comprise nurses and nursing leadership with experience in patient care. The second aspect will be considering the system that relates to our aim of supporting and improving patient care. Lastly, we should ensure the team comprises members familiar with all aspects of patient care. The most critical part of a team is the members. The ideal team members should ideally be interacting directly with the patients, willing to learn from the other team members, ready to maintain open communication, willing to assume individual responsibility that contributes to the team's success, and committed to the team's success in improving patient care. The team should have...

Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, n.d). The team should have representatives in all three areas to drive improvement successfully. System leadership understands the implications of...…include RN, surgical nurses, medical nurses, and nurse managers.

The biggest challenge when it comes to determining who earns a seat on the team is establishing the personal attributes of a person. The individuals being considered for the team might have good reviews in work matters, but they might be toxic to the team. The best people to include in the team are those who have demonstrated they can be team players and listen to others. For example, a nurse can be an excellent performer in their duties. However, they might struggle when it comes to passing information to others or listening to the opinions of others. Such a person might not be favorable to include in the…