Nurse leaders in a local hospital created a neurotrauma (NT)unit healthcare team focused on improving outcomes for stroke clients. This team includes acute care nurses, physicians, other care partners (e.g., physical therapists, social workers, case managers, dietitians), and representatives from the NT outpatient clinic. The team is led by a physician who makes treatment decisions based on the treatment plans developed by individual team members who each communicate with the clients, asking the same or similar questions to obtain data needed for the treatment plan. Which type of communication and action is represented in this scenario?

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A)This team is using parallel communication. Parallel communication occurs when each professional communicates with the client independently and asks the same or similar questions. It represents the lowest level along the continuum of communication and collaboration among health team members. Parallel functioning, information exchange, coordination and consultation, and co-management and referral all represent higher levels on the continuum. Parallel functioning occurs when communication may be more coordinated, but each professional has separate interventions and a separate plan of care. Information exchange involves planned communication, but decision making is unilateral, involving little, if any, collegiality. Coordination and consultation represent midrange levels of collaboration seeking to maximize the efficiency of resources. Co-management and referral represent the upper levels of collaboration, in which providers retain responsibility and accountability for their own aspects of care and clients are directed to other providers when the problem is beyond the initial provider's expertise.
B)This team is using parallel communication. Parallel communication occurs when each professional communicates with the client independently and asks the same or similar questions. It represents the lowest level along the continuum of communication and collaboration among health team members. Parallel functioning, information exchange, coordination and consultation, and co-management and referral all represent higher levels on the continuum. Parallel functioning occurs when communication may be more coordinated, but each professional has separate interventions and a separate plan of care. Information exchange involves planned communication, but decision making is unilateral, involving little, if any, collegiality. Coordination and consultation represent midrange levels of collaboration seeking to maximize the efficiency of resources. Co-management and referral represent the upper levels of collaboration, in which providers retain responsibility and accountability for their own aspects of care and clients are directed to other providers when the problem is beyond the initial provider's expertise.
C)This team is using parallel communication. Parallel communication occurs when each professional communicates with the client independently and asks the same or similar questions. It represents the lowest level along the continuum of communication and collaboration among health team members. Parallel functioning, information exchange, coordination and consultation, and co-management and referral all represent higher levels on the continuum. Parallel functioning occurs when communication may be more coordinated, but each professional has separate interventions and a separate plan of care. Information exchange involves planned communication, but decision making is unilateral, involving little, if any, collegiality. Coordination and consultation represent midrange levels of collaboration seeking to maximize the efficiency of resources. Co-management and referral represent the upper levels of collaboration, in which providers retain responsibility and accountability for their own aspects of care and clients are directed to other providers when the problem is beyond the initial provider's expertise.
D)This team is using parallel communication. Parallel communication occurs when each professional communicates with the client independently and asks the same or similar questions. It represents the lowest level along the continuum of communication and collaboration among health team members. Parallel functioning, information exchange, coordination and consultation, and co-management and referral all represent higher levels on the continuum. Parallel functioning occurs when communication may be more coordinated, but each professional has separate interventions and a separate plan of care. Information exchange involves planned communication, but decision making is unilateral, involving little, if any, collegiality. Coordination and consultation represent midrange levels of collaboration seeking to maximize the efficiency of resources. Co-management and referral represent the upper levels of collaboration, in which providers retain responsibility and accountability for their own aspects of care and clients are directed to other providers when the problem is beyond the initial provider's expertise.
E)This team is using parallel communication. Parallel communication occurs when each professional communicates with the client independently and asks the same or similar questions. It represents the lowest level along the continuum of communication and collaboration among health team members. Parallel functioning, information exchange, coordination and consultation, and co-management and referral all represent higher levels on the continuum. Parallel functioning occurs when communication may be more coordinated, but each professional has separate interventions and a separate plan of care. Information exchange involves planned communication, but decision making is unilateral, involving little, if any, collegiality. Coordination and consultation represent midrange levels of collaboration seeking to maximize the efficiency of resources. Co-management and referral represent the upper levels of collaboration, in which providers retain responsibility and accountability for their own aspects of care and clients are directed to other providers when the problem is beyond the initial provider's expertise.

Nurse Leaders in a Local Hospital Created a Neurotrauma (NT)unit