A school-age client is admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU),unconscious and with multiple traumatic injuries,after a skateboard accident that included a closed head injury.Many health professionals are involved in the client's and the scene is chaotic.The parents are extremely anxious and want to know what's happening.The case manager asks for an interdisciplinary team meeting to speak with the client's parents.Which is the rationale for this meeting?

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A) Interdisciplinary collaboration engages each professional's contribution to joint care planning, implementation, and accomplishment of client goals, with possibly less redundancy, more efficiency, and fewer care omissions. The parents of a minor child should be involved in all aspects of care and decision making.
B) Interdisciplinary collaboration engages each professional's contribution to joint care planning, implementation, and accomplishment of client goals, with possibly less redundancy, more efficiency, and fewer care omissions. The parents of a minor child should be involved in all aspects of care and decision making.
C) Interdisciplinary collaboration engages each professional's contribution to joint care planning, implementation, and accomplishment of client goals, with possibly less redundancy, more efficiency, and fewer care omissions. The parents of a minor child should be involved in all aspects of care and decision making.
D) Interdisciplinary collaboration engages each professional's contribution to joint care planning, implementation, and accomplishment of client goals, with possibly less redundancy, more efficiency, and fewer care omissions. The parents of a minor child should be involved in all aspects of care and decision making.

A School-Age Client Is Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care