Exam 7: Interprofessional Team Building

The nurse manager has been implementing strategies to improve the communication between nurses and physicians. Which outcome indicates that these strategies have been effective?

A subgroup within a Shared Governance committee is tasked with identifying reasons for poor role perception of the nurses when compared with physicians within a healthcare organization. What would the subgroup identify as historic causes for this perception issue? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

The director of a skilled nursing facility plans to implement interprofessional teams as an approach to caring for the older residents. What outcomes would the director expect after implementing this team approach? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

The staff nurse is caring for a patient whose status is rapidly deteriorating. The nurse has not been able to contact the patient's physician and is becoming increasingly concerned about the patient's status. If the organization supported collaborative teams, what would the nurse do at this time?

During an interprofessional team meeting one nurse explains how deterioration in a patient's status is not the fault of the nurse. What is this nurse demonstrating during the meeting?

Weekly "heads up" conferences are being planned for a patient care area. What will the nurse manager explain as the overall goal for these conferences?

The director of nursing is outlining the implementation steps for interprofessional teams. Which step would ensure equal power between all of the professions participating on the team?

The nurse is informing a physician of a change in a patient's status. Which statement exemplifies assertive communication?

The nurse manager is working with the head of the medical department to structure daily conferences with nursing, physicians, and pharmacy. What will the manager explain as the purpose of these conferences? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

The nurse manager is observing a daily patient care conference attended by physicians, nurses, and pharmacy staff. Which observation indicates the conference is not being effective to improve patient care?

The nurse manager is determining reasons why the goal of safe quality patient care is not being achieved. Which factors would the manager identify as deterrents to safe quality care? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

Interprofessional team meetings have been occurring sporadically on a patient care area. Which observation indicates that these meetings need to be reinforced to support quality patient care?

The administrator of a healthcare organization that utilizes interprofessional collaboration is struggling with reduced income and decides that staffing cuts need to occur. When planning these cuts what issue must remain the central focus?

The nurse is using electronic communication to notify a physician who is attending an off-site meeting about the status of a patient. Which actions would the nurse include when communicating electronically?

The nurse manager is creating a process to improve the culture of safety on a patient care area. Which actions would the nurse manager include in this process? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

The nurse manager is working with an architect to physically redesign a patient care area. The new design removes a central nurse's station and creates patient care pods. How will the redesign of the care area influence team development?