With permission granted to share this information, I was fortunate as a nurse to provide care for the parents of one of the nurse friends who posted the meme. In providing diabetes care for her parents, the tapestry of care involved clinic care; while they continued to live independently, assisted living and eventually coordination of care in a nursing home. Just as social media involves interaction among people, so does providing health care. During the course of weaving or the collaboration of care, skills were continually built, changed, adapted, and negotiated among my patients, family, doctors and the other team members providing care. …show more content…
The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project recognizes the impact of teamwork and collaboration, further recognizing the combination improves competency (Blaise & Hayes, 2015). Undeniably, nurses provide an integral portion of care for patients, as a result nurses must utilize interpersonal skill that nurture a positive team approach to accomplish safe effective