Learning from Ebola: Interprofessional practice in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. uri icon

abstract

  • Caring for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) has necessitated and enabled extensive interprofessional relationships and the creation of a collaborative care model. Critical aspects of NBU functionality include a constructive leadership environment, staff inclusion and consideration during protocol development, and a culture of partnership and communication.

published proceedings

  • J Interprof Educ Pract

altmetric score

  • 0.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Jelden, K. C., Smith, P. W., Schwedhelm, M. M., Gibbs, S. G., Lowe, J. J., Beam, E. L., ... Hewlett, A. L.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Jelden, Katelyn C||Smith, Philip W||Schwedhelm, Michelle M||Gibbs, Shawn G||Lowe, John J||Beam, Elizabeth L||Kratochvil, Christopher J||Boulter, Kathleen C||Hewlett, Angela L

publication date

  • December 2015