According to Bankston and Glazer (2014), “The Institute of Medicine (IOM) provided evidence of the positive impact interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork can have on key dimensions of any organizational performance (IOM, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010)”. Nursing is a teamwork profession that relies upon other professions such as social work, physical therapy and pharmacy to maintain and provide high quality care. Collaboration benefits are far-reaching when the process is extended to treatment planning by allied professionals, on every unit, in every hospital or department within a healthcare organization (Bensing, 2013). Intradisciplinary collaboration in healthcare is essential for all healthcare personnel. The oncology nurse educator’s
