Yoder-Wise Chapter 27 – Inter- and
Intraprofessional Practice & Leadership in
Healthcare
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: 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 CanadiANSWER.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: 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.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: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.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: A
The nurse manager should hold self and others accountable for actions and outcomes.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: 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 required
to achieve desired outcomes.
Intraprofessional Practice & Leadership in
Healthcare
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: 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 CanadiANSWER.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: 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.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: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.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: A
The nurse manager should hold self and others accountable for actions and outcomes.
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. - ANSWER ✨✔---ANSWER: 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 required
to achieve desired outcomes.
