Interprofessional Comm - 2026 SBAR Handover Mastery: Exam
1 - Questions with Correct Answers
100 questions
1. Interprofessional communication competence can be developed through:
A. Experience alone without reflection
B. Avoiding teams
C. Reading only
D. Education, simulation, feedback and practice
Correct Answer: D. Education, simulation, feedback and practice
Rationale: Simulation allows safe practice. Feedback improves skills.
2. The IPEC competency area of Roles and Responsibilities emphasizes:
A. Avoiding other professions
B. Doing every task oneself
C. Following hierarchy without question
D. Understanding one's own role and the roles of other professions to meet patient needs
Correct Answer: D. Understanding one's own role and the roles of other professions to meet
patient needs
Rationale: Role clarity prevents gaps and duplication. Knowing others' scope improves referrals.
3. Nurses play a central role in interprofessional communication because they:
A. Rarely interact with others
B. Do not communicate with physicians
C. Only document
D. Are present continuously at the bedside and coordinate care among disciplines
Correct Answer: D. Are present continuously at the bedside and coordinate care among
disciplines
Rationale: Nurses often detect changes first. They communicate across the team.
,4. Collaboration differs from cooperation in that collaboration involves:
A. Working side by side without shared planning
B. Joint planning and shared decision-making toward common goals
C. Competition
D. Avoiding interaction
Correct Answer: B. Joint planning and shared decision-making toward common goals
Rationale: Cooperation may involve parallel work. Collaboration integrates efforts.
5. Emotional intelligence supports interprofessional communication by helping clinicians:
A. Suppress all feelings
B. Avoid colleagues
C. Recognize and manage their own emotions and respond to others' emotions
D. Win arguments
Correct Answer: C. Recognize and manage their own emotions and respond to others'
emotions
Rationale: Self-awareness improves interactions under stress. It supports conflict management.
6. Generational differences in teams may affect:
A. Clinical competence directly
B. Licensure
C. Scope of practice
D. Communication preferences, such as preferred channels and feedback styles
Correct Answer: D. Communication preferences, such as preferred channels and feedback
styles
Rationale: Awareness reduces friction. Shared norms help.
,7. The IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, Version 3 (2023), are
organized under the overarching domain of:
A. Patient Billing
B. Physician Leadership
C. Clinical Skills
D. Interprofessional Collaboration
Correct Answer: D. Interprofessional Collaboration
Rationale: Version 3 retained this overarching domain. It contains four competency areas.
8. The concept of collective competence means that:
A. Only individual skills matter
B. Teams are unnecessary
C. A team's performance depends on how members work together, not only individual skills
D. Competence cannot be measured
Correct Answer: C. A team's performance depends on how members work together, not only
individual skills
Rationale: Skilled individuals can form poor teams. Teamwork training builds collective
competence.
9. The Assessment in SBAR should be supported by:
A. Personal feelings only
B. Rumors
C. Objective data such as vital signs, physical findings and laboratory values
D. Old data only
Correct Answer: C. Objective data such as vital signs, physical findings and laboratory values
Rationale: Data support the nurse's judgment. Combining data and concern is persuasive.
, 10. Converting a long, unfocused report into SBAR involves:
A. Adding more details
B. Removing the assessment
C. Omitting the request
D. Selecting relevant information and organizing it under each element
Correct Answer: D. Selecting relevant information and organizing it under each element
Rationale: Relevance is key. Not every detail belongs in a call.
11. Including the patient's code status in SBAR Background is important when:
A. The patient is stable
B. Discussing diet only
C. The patient is deteriorating and decisions about escalation of care may be needed
D. Ordering supplies
Correct Answer: C. The patient is deteriorating and decisions about escalation of care may be
needed
Rationale: Code status guides interventions. It prevents unwanted treatments.
12. SBAR supports patient safety by:
A. Encouraging assumptions
B. Increasing variation
C. Reducing omissions and making critical information explicit
D. Shortening assessment
Correct Answer: C. Reducing omissions and making critical information explicit
Rationale: Explicit structure prevents assumptions. Receivers know what to expect.
1 - Questions with Correct Answers
100 questions
1. Interprofessional communication competence can be developed through:
A. Experience alone without reflection
B. Avoiding teams
C. Reading only
D. Education, simulation, feedback and practice
Correct Answer: D. Education, simulation, feedback and practice
Rationale: Simulation allows safe practice. Feedback improves skills.
2. The IPEC competency area of Roles and Responsibilities emphasizes:
A. Avoiding other professions
B. Doing every task oneself
C. Following hierarchy without question
D. Understanding one's own role and the roles of other professions to meet patient needs
Correct Answer: D. Understanding one's own role and the roles of other professions to meet
patient needs
Rationale: Role clarity prevents gaps and duplication. Knowing others' scope improves referrals.
3. Nurses play a central role in interprofessional communication because they:
A. Rarely interact with others
B. Do not communicate with physicians
C. Only document
D. Are present continuously at the bedside and coordinate care among disciplines
Correct Answer: D. Are present continuously at the bedside and coordinate care among
disciplines
Rationale: Nurses often detect changes first. They communicate across the team.
,4. Collaboration differs from cooperation in that collaboration involves:
A. Working side by side without shared planning
B. Joint planning and shared decision-making toward common goals
C. Competition
D. Avoiding interaction
Correct Answer: B. Joint planning and shared decision-making toward common goals
Rationale: Cooperation may involve parallel work. Collaboration integrates efforts.
5. Emotional intelligence supports interprofessional communication by helping clinicians:
A. Suppress all feelings
B. Avoid colleagues
C. Recognize and manage their own emotions and respond to others' emotions
D. Win arguments
Correct Answer: C. Recognize and manage their own emotions and respond to others'
emotions
Rationale: Self-awareness improves interactions under stress. It supports conflict management.
6. Generational differences in teams may affect:
A. Clinical competence directly
B. Licensure
C. Scope of practice
D. Communication preferences, such as preferred channels and feedback styles
Correct Answer: D. Communication preferences, such as preferred channels and feedback
styles
Rationale: Awareness reduces friction. Shared norms help.
,7. The IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, Version 3 (2023), are
organized under the overarching domain of:
A. Patient Billing
B. Physician Leadership
C. Clinical Skills
D. Interprofessional Collaboration
Correct Answer: D. Interprofessional Collaboration
Rationale: Version 3 retained this overarching domain. It contains four competency areas.
8. The concept of collective competence means that:
A. Only individual skills matter
B. Teams are unnecessary
C. A team's performance depends on how members work together, not only individual skills
D. Competence cannot be measured
Correct Answer: C. A team's performance depends on how members work together, not only
individual skills
Rationale: Skilled individuals can form poor teams. Teamwork training builds collective
competence.
9. The Assessment in SBAR should be supported by:
A. Personal feelings only
B. Rumors
C. Objective data such as vital signs, physical findings and laboratory values
D. Old data only
Correct Answer: C. Objective data such as vital signs, physical findings and laboratory values
Rationale: Data support the nurse's judgment. Combining data and concern is persuasive.
, 10. Converting a long, unfocused report into SBAR involves:
A. Adding more details
B. Removing the assessment
C. Omitting the request
D. Selecting relevant information and organizing it under each element
Correct Answer: D. Selecting relevant information and organizing it under each element
Rationale: Relevance is key. Not every detail belongs in a call.
11. Including the patient's code status in SBAR Background is important when:
A. The patient is stable
B. Discussing diet only
C. The patient is deteriorating and decisions about escalation of care may be needed
D. Ordering supplies
Correct Answer: C. The patient is deteriorating and decisions about escalation of care may be
needed
Rationale: Code status guides interventions. It prevents unwanted treatments.
12. SBAR supports patient safety by:
A. Encouraging assumptions
B. Increasing variation
C. Reducing omissions and making critical information explicit
D. Shortening assessment
Correct Answer: C. Reducing omissions and making critical information explicit
Rationale: Explicit structure prevents assumptions. Receivers know what to expect.
