Interprofessional Collaboration & Communication Flashcards

In a shared governance model, the CNL's primary responsibility includes:

Answer: Participating in and facilitating evidence-based decision-making at the point of care

CNLs participate in and facilitate shared governance by empowering staff nurses to make evidence-based decisions at the bedside within a collaborative structure.

In TeamSTEPPS, 'mutual support' is best defined as:

Answer: Team members assisting each other and advocating for patient safety

Mutual support in TeamSTEPPS means team members assist each other with tasks, provide feedback, and advocate for patients when safety concerns arise.

The CUS technique in assertive communication stands for:

Answer: Concerned, Uncomfortable, Safety issue

CUS stands for 'I am Concerned, I am Uncomfortable, This is a Safety issue' — an escalating assertive language technique used in high-stakes clinical situations.

Nurses on a unit are reluctant to speak up when concerned about a patient's deteriorating condition. This most likely represents a failure in:

Answer: Psychological safety within the team

Psychological safety — the shared belief that speaking up will not lead to punishment or ridicule — is essential for team members to voice patient safety concerns openly.

Interprofessional education (IPE) is primarily designed to:

Answer: Have students from different health professions learn together to improve collaborative practice

IPE involves students from two or more health professions learning together with the explicit goal of improving collaborative practice and ultimately health outcomes.

In TeamSTEPPS, 'situation monitoring' is best described as:

Answer: Continuously scanning the environment to assess team performance and patient status

Situation monitoring involves actively and continuously assessing the environment, patient status, and team performance to detect changes that may require intervention.

During interprofessional care coordination rounds, the CNL's primary focus should be:

Answer: Integrating information from all disciplines to develop a cohesive, patient-centered plan of care

During multidisciplinary rounds, the CNL integrates perspectives from all disciplines — nursing, medicine, pharmacy, social work, and others — to create a unified, patient-centered plan of care.