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Concept 44: Collaboration

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1. A newly licensed nurse is assigned to an experienced nurse for training on a medical unit of a hospital. What type of nurse-to-nurse collaboration does this assignment demonstrate? a. Interprofes... sional b. Shared governance c. Interorganizational d. Mentoring 2. The nurse is presenting an in-service on the importance of collaborative communication. The nurse includes which critical event identified by the Joint Commission as an outcome of poor communication among healthcare team members? a. The occurrence of a patient event resulting in death or serious injury b. Decreased ability to document expenses of care provided c. Longer time to begin surgical cases d. Increased time to discharge patients to outpatient care 3. A nurse is reviewing the concept of professional collaboration. Which patient scenario should the nurse identify as the best example of professional collaboration? a. The nurse, physician, and physical therapist have all visited separately with the patient. b. The nurse, physical therapist, and physician have all developed separate care plans for the patient. c. The nurse mentions to the physical therapist that the patient may benefit from a muscle strengthening evaluation. d 4. A registered nurse (RN) is reviewing the concept of collaboration. Which statement correctly discribes the RN nursing role in collaboration? a. State boards of nursing mandate that collaboration can only occur in hospitals. b. Collaboration should occur only with physicians. c. Collaboration occurs only between nurses with the same level of education. d. Collaboration may occur in health-related research. 5. A nurse manager is looking to promote a culture of safety on the medical unit. Which action should the nurse manager implement? a. Focus on the number of medication errors occurring on the unit. b. Focus on adapting system changes. d. Placing nurses on restricted duty who have made medication errors. ANS: B The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and QSEN initiative have switched their perspective from medication errors to systematic changes that focus on safety aspects. The nurse manager should not use rewards or incentives to motivate change of behavior as that would not promote a culture of safety if individuals feared retaliation or were treated differently for safe behavior practices. OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control 6. The nurse and physician are explaining that home care that will be needed by a patient after discharge .The patient's spouse states angrily that it will not be possible to provide the care recommended. What is the best response by the nurse? [Show More]

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