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Week 8 Initial Discussion Post
Barriers or challenges can substantially impact effective collaboration and team approaches to the development of a curriculum. Many barriers can have this effect, but I am going to discuss the barrier that most nurses and nurse educators face daily within the healthcare system. This barrier is the challenge of time which remains a constant trial. A nurse’s workload is already perceived as heavy with numerous demands placed on us day after day. The difficulty of finding time to participate in collaborative practice can lead to an obstacle to innovation or improvement (Chiang, Chapman, & Elder, 2011).
Each time I start my shift, I think that there will be time for educational opportunities. I am told that it is night shift and we should have ample time to complete our mandatory online learning modules or evaluations because the patients are “asleep.” However, the night shift is usually the shift that is understaffed and with fewer resources available. Our day shift counterparts can attend patient care meetings with interdisciplinary representation and nursing grand rounds which is not available at night. The hospital where I was previously employed even offered “bag lunch sessions” that allowed day shift workers an opportunity to attend an informal educational presentation.
During my research this week, I found an article that discussed the disengagement and turnover experienced on nightshift due to decreased educational opportunities. According to this article, the turnover rate for nightshift nurses is three times greater than the dayshift nurses, and attendance of daytime educational offerings can produce considerable hardship for nightshift nurses (Margretta, Dennis, & McLaughlin, 2019). Another article listed time constraints as the number one learning barrier that nurses report (Santos, 2012). Time constraints not only occur with learning but can also be an essential influence on the team approach to curriculum development.
