Developing emotional maturity, understanding the perspective of others, and avoiding compassion fatigue are self-development behaviors that can enhance interdisciplinary collaboration. Emotional maturity is foundational to effective collaboration. True leadership, according to De Pree (1989) is a matter of character, an art, belief or condition, rather than set of things to do. Nurses and physicians strongly influenced by the attitudes of their educators, the unique jargon of their own disciplines, and their professional cultural norms (Lindeke & Block, 1998). But most importantly is the fact that no experience in school will change behavior if students do not see effective collaboration in clinical practice. Leadership and role modeling are critical during this time. A new culture of collaboration is needed that merges the unique strengths of each discipline to minimize energy wasted on turfism and territoriality (Johnson, Norton, & Wilson,
Developing emotional maturity, understanding the perspective of others, and avoiding compassion fatigue are self-development behaviors that can enhance interdisciplinary collaboration. Emotional maturity is foundational to effective collaboration. True leadership, according to De Pree (1989) is a matter of character, an art, belief or condition, rather than set of things to do. Nurses and physicians strongly influenced by the attitudes of their educators, the unique jargon of their own disciplines, and their professional cultural norms (Lindeke & Block, 1998). But most importantly is the fact that no experience in school will change behavior if students do not see effective collaboration in clinical practice. Leadership and role modeling are critical during this time. A new culture of collaboration is needed that merges the unique strengths of each discipline to minimize energy wasted on turfism and territoriality (Johnson, Norton, & Wilson,