Collaboration and Teamwork

A nurse is using the introduction, situation, background, assessment, recommendation, and readback (I-SBAR-R) communication tool when contacting a provider about a client who has Parkinson's disease. Which of the following statements by the nurse should be included in the situation component?

"The client is coughing while eating."

A nurse is teaching a client who has end-stage kidney disease and a new sacral pressure injury. The client's provider has requested a plastic surgery consultation. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the consultation?

"The plastic surgeon might change my wound care treatment."

A nurse is preparing a discharge plan for a client following a bilateral below-the-knee amputation. Which of the following interventions is the priority?

Determine whether the client's home is wheelchair accessible.

A nurse is teaching a class about barriers to interprofessional collaboration between health care professionals. The nurse should include that which of the following is a barrier?

Unresolved conflicts between team members

A nurse is assigned to care for a client. The client's provider is known to become angry and yell at the nurse. Which of the following actions by the nurse demonstrates the use of cognitive rehearsal?

The nurse mentally practices in advance what to say to the provider.

A newly licensed nurse is talking about their day with another nurse. Which statement by the newly licensed nurse demonstrates incivility?

"The charge nurse called me stupid in front of the team."

• This statement demonstrates incivility. Incivility is a behavior of unwelcome action(s) intended to harm, humiliate, or distress another. Incivility becomes bullying through the repetition of harmful actions. Even something as simple as body language or tone of voice can be interpreted as uncivil or a bullying tactic.

A charge nurse is providing teaching to a group of nurses about the collaborative teamwork skill of situation monitoring. Which of the following statements by a nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching?

"Situation monitoring focuses on the awareness of the team's performance on client outcomes."

A nurse is teaching an in-service about zero-tolerance for bullying and incivility in the health care facility. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

Bullying can result in an increase in nursing turnover.

A nurse and an assistive personnel (AP) disagree about how to move a client from the bed to a stretcher. Which of the following statements should the nurse make to promote conflict resolution?

"Let's discuss how we can work together."

A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes mellitus and does not adhere to the prescribed diet. Which of the following interventions by the nurse demonstrates collaborative health care?

Requesting a referral to a dietitian to work with the client