NSG 1050 Exam 4 | Advanced Nursing Fundamentals & Patient Care Exam Review
Group - (ANSWER)two or more people with common interests, objectives, and continuing interaction
Nursing Teams - (ANSWER)- patient care teams
- unit function teams
- research teams
- quality improvement teams
Patient care teams - (ANSWER)A group of patient care personnel including registered nurses, licensed
practical nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel, that work together to provide nursing care to a
group of patients
Unit function teams - (ANSWER)usually comprised of all nursing personnel on a patient care unit, these
groups meet to discuss and solve issues that address the procedures and routines that become official
unit rules and regulations
Research teams - (ANSWER)a research team meets to conduct or participate in studies that provide the
best evidence based practice on a unit, or in the facility at large
Quality improvement teams - (ANSWER)groups of healthcare professionals that meet to discuss and
adopt best practices for improving the care of patients within a facility
Characteristics of a well-functioning group - (ANSWER)- aware of objectives and ground rules
- consensus decision-making
- conflict centers around ideas or methods, not people
- clear assignments made and accepted
Characteristics of a poorly-functioning group - (ANSWER)- unaware or confused about the objectives or
how the group will conduct work
- conflict focuses on people within the group
- decisions are made unilaterally or predetermined
- no clear assignments are given to implement decision
, NSG 1050 Exam 4 | Advanced Nursing Fundamentals & Patient Care Exam Review
Benefits of groups - (ANSWER)- can address more complicated, voluminous work
- uses diversity of talents, experience, and knowledge of various members (widened perspectives)
- promote morale, ownership, and empowerment
- improves quality of product, outcomes, and decisions
Concepts of effective group work - (ANSWER)- group cohesion
- loss of individuality
- encourage participation
- refocusing conflict
- empowerment
- ownership
- redefining objectives
- summarizing
Group cohesion - (ANSWER)the extent to which members of the group feel interpersonally connected to
each other
Loss of individuality - (ANSWER)social process in which individual group members lose self-awareness
and its accompanying sense of accountability, inhibition, and responsibility for individual behavior;
results in personal attacks, rude comments, and ineffective group work
Encouraging participation - (ANSWER)monitoring relative participation levels of the members of a group;
limit over-participation and encourage those who are under-participating
Refocusing conflict - (ANSWER)recentering the discussion on the problem, issue, or decision, and OFF
the person; needs to happen quickly when conflict arises
Summarizing - (ANSWER)ensuring main points are restated or clarified at the conclusion of a meeting
Group - (ANSWER)two or more people with common interests, objectives, and continuing interaction
Nursing Teams - (ANSWER)- patient care teams
- unit function teams
- research teams
- quality improvement teams
Patient care teams - (ANSWER)A group of patient care personnel including registered nurses, licensed
practical nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel, that work together to provide nursing care to a
group of patients
Unit function teams - (ANSWER)usually comprised of all nursing personnel on a patient care unit, these
groups meet to discuss and solve issues that address the procedures and routines that become official
unit rules and regulations
Research teams - (ANSWER)a research team meets to conduct or participate in studies that provide the
best evidence based practice on a unit, or in the facility at large
Quality improvement teams - (ANSWER)groups of healthcare professionals that meet to discuss and
adopt best practices for improving the care of patients within a facility
Characteristics of a well-functioning group - (ANSWER)- aware of objectives and ground rules
- consensus decision-making
- conflict centers around ideas or methods, not people
- clear assignments made and accepted
Characteristics of a poorly-functioning group - (ANSWER)- unaware or confused about the objectives or
how the group will conduct work
- conflict focuses on people within the group
- decisions are made unilaterally or predetermined
- no clear assignments are given to implement decision
, NSG 1050 Exam 4 | Advanced Nursing Fundamentals & Patient Care Exam Review
Benefits of groups - (ANSWER)- can address more complicated, voluminous work
- uses diversity of talents, experience, and knowledge of various members (widened perspectives)
- promote morale, ownership, and empowerment
- improves quality of product, outcomes, and decisions
Concepts of effective group work - (ANSWER)- group cohesion
- loss of individuality
- encourage participation
- refocusing conflict
- empowerment
- ownership
- redefining objectives
- summarizing
Group cohesion - (ANSWER)the extent to which members of the group feel interpersonally connected to
each other
Loss of individuality - (ANSWER)social process in which individual group members lose self-awareness
and its accompanying sense of accountability, inhibition, and responsibility for individual behavior;
results in personal attacks, rude comments, and ineffective group work
Encouraging participation - (ANSWER)monitoring relative participation levels of the members of a group;
limit over-participation and encourage those who are under-participating
Refocusing conflict - (ANSWER)recentering the discussion on the problem, issue, or decision, and OFF
the person; needs to happen quickly when conflict arises
Summarizing - (ANSWER)ensuring main points are restated or clarified at the conclusion of a meeting
