They also learn strategies for meeting personal goals. During the third semester students learn about the realm of nursing influence, interpersonal effectiveness, the ethics of caring, and begin to develop skill in influencing the quality of care for clients through direct and indirect intervention. Beginning with the fourth semester students are expected to work with other health team members to influence the quality of care for clients. In addition, during the seventh and eighth semesters, students are expected to demonstrate a commitment to health and nursing issues requiring leadership and management skills, including systems management. Focus is on strategies to deal with more complex professional, work, political and ethical issues inherent in a rapidly changing health care delivery system.
Collaboration is a process of working toward mutual goals.
Collaboration involves working jointly with other members of the health care team, including clients. Collaboration requires that the professional nurse respect the knowledge and expertise of all health care workers. Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential in the current health care delivery system to produce cost effective, client focused outcomes. The concept of collaboration is introduced during the third semester of the program as an integral component of health care delivery and is included in the clinical courses, as well as leadership and role transition courses during the seventh and eighth semesters. Learning is facilitated by the identification of measurable and realistic goals, organized planning, and evaluation designed to measure outcomes.