CNL Interprofessional Collaboration & Communication 2

Question 1

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

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

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Making unilateral care decisions for the unit

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Reporting directly to hospital administration only

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Delegating all governance functions to staff nurses

Question 2

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

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Team members assisting each other and advocating for patient safety

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Each team member working independently within their scope

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Support provided exclusively by team leaders to staff

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Assistance limited to sharing clinical equipment

Question 3

The CUS technique in assertive communication stands for:

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Concerned, Uncomfortable, Safety issue

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Communicate, Update, Summarize

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Critical, Urgent, Serious

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Confirm, Understand, Solve

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Psychological safety within the team

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Medication reconciliation processes

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Supply chain management protocols

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Documentation standards compliance

Question 5

Interprofessional education (IPE) is primarily designed to:

Accepted Answer

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

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Replace profession-specific training curricula

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Focus clinical training exclusively on medical students

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Eliminate professional role boundaries in healthcare delivery

Question 6

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

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Continuously scanning the environment to assess team performance and patient status

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Attending scheduled monthly staff meetings

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Following a fixed care plan regardless of patient changes

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Completing daily charting and documentation requirements

Question 7

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

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

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Evaluating individual physician clinical competence

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Reviewing unit-level financial performance data

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Assigning specific tasks solely to nursing staff