Deck 6: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health

Question 1

Which is the best description of interprofessional collaboration?

A)Forming teams to carry out patient care in complex populations
B) Numerous professionals caring for a patient or population group
C)Interacting professionals who represent different disciplines and bring unique roles to patient care
D)Consultation between professionals of different backgrounds who revise care for a population group or individual

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which field consistently demonstrates successful interprofessional collaboration?

A)Public health
B) Primary care
C)Surgical services
D)Forensic pathology

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In which situation is collaborative practice most successful?

A)When a physician leads the team
B) When the team is small
C)When team members have distinct roles
D)When the team has varied outcome goals

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which will assist teams through the stages of team development?

A)Having a shared purpose
B) Communicating among team members
C)Emphasizing one's own discipline
D)Deferring to the team leader for guidance

Question 5

Which best describes Episodic Treatment Groups (EPGs)?

A)A method for measuring provider performance and patient outcomes
B) Unexpected post-surgical readmissions to acute care facilities
C)A collaborative approach to chronic disease management
D)Variable membership groups who manage acute illnesses

Question 6

Which is the best description of emotional intelligence?

A)The ability to effectively cope with emotional changes
B) Being aware of the role emotion plays in personal relationships
C)Being able to assist others to cope with their emotional concerns
D)The ability to recognize emotional changes in others

Question 7

Which is the objective of interprofessional collaboration?

A)To provide the public a means to obtain additional opinions
B) To regulate the manner in which different disciplines interact
C)To learn to work together in a team environment
D)To improve the health of an individual or population

Question 8

Which statement best describes the role of the DNP project in interprofessional collaboration?

A)It allows the student to explore interprofessional collaboration.
B) It allows the student to integrate their education with interprofessional collaboration.
C)It encourages the student to examine the need for interprofessional collaboration.
D)It encourages other disciplines to reach out to the student for help.

Question 9

Which the most important reason for the DNP prepared nurse to understand Lewin's force field analysis?

A)They will need to teach others about change.
B) They will encounter opportunities for personal growth.
C)They will need to recognize forces of resistance.
D)They will need to motivate a team toward a goal.

Question 10

Which is a key component of shared decision-making?

A)Team members agree on outcomes.
B) It typically occurs at the point of service.
C)Conferencing is used to support communication.
D)Most decisions are made by physicians.

Question 11

Patients and their families are central members of the interprofessional team.

Question 12

High-functioning interprofessional collaborative teams improve job satisfaction.

Question 13

Nursing dominated health care in the twentieth century.

Question 14

Nurses who retain a secondary role to physicians will function better on interprofessional teams.

Question 15

The team leader must be willing to be the first to be transparent.

Question 16

Virtual teams develop trust based on benevolence.

Question 17

Lewin's force field analysis is a tool to understand change processes in a group or system.

Question 18

One barrier to effective interprofessional collaboration is the lack of a payment structure that rewards collaborative efforts.

Question 19

_______ trust in team members assists teams to progress through the stages of team development.

Question 20

Match the term to its' description:
-Leadership

A)Based on empowering others
B)A combination of science and management
C)Coordinating resources to meet goals
D)Built on relationships

Question 21

Match the term to its' description:
-Complexity leadership

A)Based on empowering others
B)A combination of science and management
C)Coordinating resources to meet goals
D)Built on relationships

Question 22

Match the term to its' description:
-Transformational leadership

A)Based on empowering others
B)A combination of science and management
C)Coordinating resources to meet goals
D)Built on relationships

Question 23

Match the term to its' description:
-Management

A)Based on empowering others
B)A combination of science and management
C)Coordinating resources to meet goals
D)Built on relationships

Question 24

Despite the recommendation from the IOM and other healthcare think tanks, healthy interprofessional collaboration remains difficult in many institutions. Think about your own healthcare employment setting. What are the two biggest obstacles to real interprofessional collaboration?

Question 25

Discuss whether you feel emotional intelligence can be taught.

Question 26

Describe the three stages of Lewin's force field analysis and its application to interprofessional collaboration.

Question 27

How could a team leader encourage reflective learning as a group practice?

Question 28

Describe the importance of including the patient and their family as members of the interprofessional team.

Question 29

During which stage do team members begin to develop a team identity?

A) Forming
B) Storming
C) Norming
D) Performing

Question 30

A team of nurses is working together to develop a new system for preventing falls in the hospital setting. Which stage would be used to characterize their development as a team?

A) Forming
B) Norming
C) Performing
D) Adjourning

Question 31

A nurse manager leads by empowering all team members to work together to achieve a shared goal. What type of leadership is this?

A) Complexity
B) Situational
C) Transformational
D) Organizational

Question 32

Leadership is built on which of these?

A) Goals
B) Resources
C) Relationships
D) Modeling

Question 33

A leader shows empathy to a member of the team during a performance review meeting. The leader's use of empathy is a sign of which of these?

A) Self-awareness
B) Emotional intelligence
C) Self-regulation
D) Critical reflection

Question 34

The ability to maintain composure in a high-emotion meeting is an example of which of the five realms of emotional intelligence?

A) Self-awareness
B) Empathy
C) Social skills
D) Self-regulation

Question 35

Which of the following was recommended by the 2003 IOM report to improve patient safety?

A) Complexity leadership
B) New leadership
C) Transformational leadership
D) Management leadership

Question 36

Which of the following is directly related to the quality of patient care and contributes to adverse health outcomes?

A) Ineffective communication
B) Self-presentation
C) Leadership style
D) Defensiveness

Question 37

Which of the following is true about reflective practice in interprofessional team practice?

A) It promotes one's ability to build rapport, network, communicate, and facilitate change.
B) It allows a leader to adapt, withhold judgment, and exhibit self-control in emotionally charged situations.
C) It builds on the self-awareness and empathy qualities of emotional intelligence.
D) It involves recognizing your own emotions and the effect your mood and confidence level have on persons.

Question 38

Which of the following frameworks would be used to better understand the process of change within a health initiative?

A) Lewin's model
B) Reflective practice
C) Healthcare organization theory
D) Chaos theory