SUBMITTED BY:South Dakota Student Nurses Association

TOPIC:In Support of Encouraging Enhancement ofInterprofessional Communication and Collaboration Though the use of Simulations

SUBMITTED BY:South Dakota Student Nurses Association

AUTHORS:Shawnee Earley

WHEREAS,the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA)House of Delegates adopted the following resolutions:in 2016, “Enhancing interprofessional education to address the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of the healthcare team”; in 2014,“Using interprofessional education in nursing programs to aid in the transition from pre-liscensure to professional practice”; in 2015, “Interprofessional education advancement”; and in 2012, “Increasing awareness of the clinical and educational benefits of high-fidelity simulations to pre-licensure nursing students” ;and

WHEREAS,the mission of the NSNA is to promote development of the skills that students will need as responsible and accountable members of the nursing profession and advocate for and contribute to advances in nursing education; and

WHEREAS,communication failures are a factor in nearly all inadvertent patient harmevents according to the Joint Commission’s report of the root cause analysis of hospital reported sentinel events; and

WHEREAS,simulations that incorporate multiple members of the healthcare team have been shown to enhance professional identity, teamwork, communication, and clinical preparedness and these experiences are vital to expose students to real-world situations; and

WHEREAS,bringing students from different professionals together to learn would promote better collaborative behavior which results in higher quality of care, more efficient information sharing, higher patient satisfaction, and better quality of care;and

WHEREAS,in a survey given to third year nursing students, a majority reported that simulation experienceswere substantially important in their feelings of preparedness for practice and that an expansion of simulations in their program would strengthen their nursing abilities; and

WHEREAS,the WHO’s educational guidelines for healthcare professionals recommend the inclusion of interprofessional education and the use of simulation methods to be used in all undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare professional’s curricula; therefore be it

RESOLVED,that the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) encourage the inclusion of interprofessional simulations in nursing curricula for all undergraduate nursing programs; and be it further

RESOLVED,

RESOLVED,that the NSNA have provide a reference list of interdisciplinary literature and resourcesregarding the various interdisciplinary team members and importance of interprofessional communication and collaboration available on its website and its magazine, Imprint, if feasible; and be it further

RESOLVED,that the NSNA send a copy of this resolution to the American Nurses Association, the Student National Medical Association, the American Pharmacist Association, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American Physical Therapy Association, the National Association of Healthcare Assistants, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the National League for Nursing, the American Medical Association, and all others deemed appropriate by the NSNA Board of Directors.