yoder-wise Chapter 27: Inter- and Intraprofessional
Practice and Leading in Professional Practice Settings
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Question 1.
John is part of an interdisciplinary care team on a surgical unit. Interdisciplinary care teams:
a. Increase fragmentation of care. b. Improve quality of patient care. c. Increase duplication
of services. d. Need to include licenced and unregulated care providers.
Correct Answer: ANS: B The benefits of interdisciplinary care can be recognized
through reduced duplication of services, decreased fragmentation of care, and
improved quality of care for patients. Implementation and integration of
interdisciplinary teams within Canada's health care system has the potential to allow
health care providers to practise to their full scope of practice and create innovative,
sustainable ways to provide high quality health care for all Canadians.
Question 2.
The nurse manager is setting up the room assignments for the unit. One patient on the unit
is in critical condition and is going to require more care than the others. Before delegating a
task, a nurse manager should: a. Delegate the admission assessment to the licenced
practical nurse. b. Review the employee's performance assessment for the most recent
period. c. Assess the amount of guidance and support needed in a particular situation. d.
Create a task analysis of critical behaviours for the patient.
Correct Answer: ANS: C To delegate effectively, the nurse manager must assess the
abilities required in the situation and the abilities that staff have. The nurse manager
can thereby anticipate the amount of direction, monitoring, explanation, and
independence that are needed.
Question 3.
A key advantage that a nurse manager has in terms of delegating is that: a. Patients receive
less attention because too many staff members make it difficult to coordinate care. b. Nurses
report less pressure to perform necessary tasks themselves. c. Administration can predict
overtime more accurately. d. Team skills can be used more effectively.
Correct Answer: ANS:D The use of multilevel health care providers enables health
care organizations and nurses to provide patient-centred care, with a focus on
abilities and skills that can be employed to perform what is needed when it is needed.
As tasks become more complicated, delegating skills to other workers enables the
nurse to deliver a complex level of care effectively.
, Question 4.
The nurse on the shift from 2300 to 700 hours is assigning a component of care to an
unregulated care provider. The night nurse should remain: a. Accountable and responsible.
b. Accountable and liable. c. Authoritative and liable. d. Responsible and task oriented.
Correct Answer: ANS: A The nurse manager should hold self and others accountable
for actions and outcomes.
Question 5.
The night nurse understands that certain factors need to be considered before tasks are
delegated to others. These factors include which of the following? a. Complexity of the task
and the age of the delegate. b. Potential for benefit and the complexity of the task. c.
Potential for benefit and the number of staff. d. Complexity of then task and the potential for
harm.
Correct Answer: ANS: D In delegating tasks to others, the nurse considers factors
such as stability of the patient, safety of the situation and of the patient, time and
intensity of the task involved, and level of critical thinking re- quired to achieve
desired outcomes.
Question 6.
During a fire drill, the nurse manager becomes very assertive and directive in her
communications with staff. This type of situational leadership depends on: a. Supportive
behaviour by the leader and immature followers. b. The relationship with the followers and
the type of behaviour of the leader. c. Well-trained followers, combined with a strong leader
who acts quickly. d. The leader's ability to evaluate personnel and communicate that
evaluation.
Correct Answer: ANS: B The effectiveness of leaders depends on their relationships
with followers, which should develop through motivating and inspiring others, as
opposed to managing and controlling them.
Question 7.
The unit manager is working in a large metropolitan facility and is told that two unregulated
care providers are to be assigned to work with her. Delegation begins with: a.
Acknowledging the arrival of the second unregulated care provider on the unit. b. Providing
clear directions to both unregulated care providers. c. Matching tasks with qualified persons.
d. Receiving reports from the prior shift.
Correct Answer: ANS: C In delegating tasks to unregulated care providers, the nurse
must consider what cannot be delegated, in addition to the factors of safety, time,
critical thinking, and stability of patients' conditions.
Practice and Leading in Professional Practice Settings
comprehensive Questions and Answers with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
John is part of an interdisciplinary care team on a surgical unit. Interdisciplinary care teams:
a. Increase fragmentation of care. b. Improve quality of patient care. c. Increase duplication
of services. d. Need to include licenced and unregulated care providers.
Correct Answer: ANS: B The benefits of interdisciplinary care can be recognized
through reduced duplication of services, decreased fragmentation of care, and
improved quality of care for patients. Implementation and integration of
interdisciplinary teams within Canada's health care system has the potential to allow
health care providers to practise to their full scope of practice and create innovative,
sustainable ways to provide high quality health care for all Canadians.
Question 2.
The nurse manager is setting up the room assignments for the unit. One patient on the unit
is in critical condition and is going to require more care than the others. Before delegating a
task, a nurse manager should: a. Delegate the admission assessment to the licenced
practical nurse. b. Review the employee's performance assessment for the most recent
period. c. Assess the amount of guidance and support needed in a particular situation. d.
Create a task analysis of critical behaviours for the patient.
Correct Answer: ANS: C To delegate effectively, the nurse manager must assess the
abilities required in the situation and the abilities that staff have. The nurse manager
can thereby anticipate the amount of direction, monitoring, explanation, and
independence that are needed.
Question 3.
A key advantage that a nurse manager has in terms of delegating is that: a. Patients receive
less attention because too many staff members make it difficult to coordinate care. b. Nurses
report less pressure to perform necessary tasks themselves. c. Administration can predict
overtime more accurately. d. Team skills can be used more effectively.
Correct Answer: ANS:D The use of multilevel health care providers enables health
care organizations and nurses to provide patient-centred care, with a focus on
abilities and skills that can be employed to perform what is needed when it is needed.
As tasks become more complicated, delegating skills to other workers enables the
nurse to deliver a complex level of care effectively.
, Question 4.
The nurse on the shift from 2300 to 700 hours is assigning a component of care to an
unregulated care provider. The night nurse should remain: a. Accountable and responsible.
b. Accountable and liable. c. Authoritative and liable. d. Responsible and task oriented.
Correct Answer: ANS: A The nurse manager should hold self and others accountable
for actions and outcomes.
Question 5.
The night nurse understands that certain factors need to be considered before tasks are
delegated to others. These factors include which of the following? a. Complexity of the task
and the age of the delegate. b. Potential for benefit and the complexity of the task. c.
Potential for benefit and the number of staff. d. Complexity of then task and the potential for
harm.
Correct Answer: ANS: D In delegating tasks to others, the nurse considers factors
such as stability of the patient, safety of the situation and of the patient, time and
intensity of the task involved, and level of critical thinking re- quired to achieve
desired outcomes.
Question 6.
During a fire drill, the nurse manager becomes very assertive and directive in her
communications with staff. This type of situational leadership depends on: a. Supportive
behaviour by the leader and immature followers. b. The relationship with the followers and
the type of behaviour of the leader. c. Well-trained followers, combined with a strong leader
who acts quickly. d. The leader's ability to evaluate personnel and communicate that
evaluation.
Correct Answer: ANS: B The effectiveness of leaders depends on their relationships
with followers, which should develop through motivating and inspiring others, as
opposed to managing and controlling them.
Question 7.
The unit manager is working in a large metropolitan facility and is told that two unregulated
care providers are to be assigned to work with her. Delegation begins with: a.
Acknowledging the arrival of the second unregulated care provider on the unit. b. Providing
clear directions to both unregulated care providers. c. Matching tasks with qualified persons.
d. Receiving reports from the prior shift.
Correct Answer: ANS: C In delegating tasks to unregulated care providers, the nurse
must consider what cannot be delegated, in addition to the factors of safety, time,
critical thinking, and stability of patients' conditions.
