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The provision of comprehensive health care services to clients by multiple members of the same profession who work collaboratively to deliver quality care within and across settings.
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Intersectoral collaboration is the joint action taken by health and other government sectors, as well as representatives from private, voluntary, and non-profit groups, to improve the health of populations. Intersectoral action takes different forms such as cooperative initiatives, alliances, coalitions or partnerships.
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An intersectional approach involves actively considering how multiple, interconnected factors influence a person’s health, well-being, and access to care. In nursing practice, this means recognizing and responding to the complex realities that affect clients’ experiences, particularly those who face overlapping forms of oppression or marginalization. This approach supports more inclusive,…
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The process of developing and maintaining effective interprofessional working relationships with learners, practitioners, patients/clients, families and communities to enable optimal health outcomes. Elements of collaboration include respect, trust, shared decision making, and partnerships.
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Interprofessional: The integration of concepts and perspectives from across different professions. The term is used to describe teams of people with education in varying fields. For example, social workers, dieticians, nurses and physicians. These teams are common in complex environments, such as health care.
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Health care professionals must be able to interpret diagnostic tests to develop a timely and effective treatment plan in today’s complex environment.
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Historic and contemporary trauma that has compounded over time and been passed from one generation to the next. The negative cumulative effects can impact individuals, families, communities, and entire populations, resulting in a legacy of physical, psychological, and economic disparities that persist across generations. For Indigenous peoples, the historical trauma…
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Adherence to moral norms that is sustained over time. Implicit in integrity is soundness, trustworthiness and the consistency of convictions, actions and emotions.
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The ability to actively seek and develop new methods, new technologies, and new tools to promote health, prevent disease, improve quality of care of patients, and apply innovation to work through teamwork and reasonable support channels.
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The process of giving permission or making choices about care. It is based on both a legal doctrine and an ethical principle of respect for an individual’s right to sufficient information to make decisions about care, treatment and involvement in research. In the Code the term informed decision-making is primarily…
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A diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information. They encompass all digital and analogue technologies that facilitate the capturing, processing, storage, and exchange of information via electronic communication.
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The first inhabitants of a geographic area. In Canada, Indigenous peoples include those who may identify as First Nations (status and non-status), Métis and/or Inuit.
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