A registered nurse has a patient assignment of caring for six ...

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A registered nurse has a patient assignment of caring for six postoperative patients in the orthopedic unit.
 
  The nurse completes the patient assessments, distributes medications, and pro-vides care to the patients as outlined within the job (position) description. Which term best de-scribes the nurse's behavior? a. Interprofessional collaboration
  b. Responsibility
  c. Interprofessional rounding
  d. Case management

Question 2

A nurse is conducting an interview of a 40-year-old client who is admitted with chest pain. Which of the following actions by the nurse indicates active listening?
 
  A) Listening to the client silently
  B) Interrupting to clarify meaning after each sentence
  C) Asking for clarifications and repetitions when needed
  D) Talking about the nurse's own experience

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Answer to Question 1

B
Responsibility refers to the duties and activities that an individual is employed to perform. A po-sition description outlines a professional nurse's responsibilities in patient care and in participat-ing as a member of the nursing unit. Interprofessional collaboration involves bringing represent-atives of the various disciplines together to work with patients and families to deliver quality care. Members of the health care team round on patients and share patient information, answer questions asked by other team members, discuss patients' clinical progress, plan of discharge, and focus all team members on the same patient goals during interprofessional rounding. What is unique about case management is that clinicians, either as individuals or as part of a collaborative group, oversee the management of patients with specific case types.

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
Active listening is an important component of counseling skills. It encourages the client to open up and express his/her concerns. The nurse may ask the client to repeat and clarify statements. Interrupting after every sentence may annoy the client. When the nurse listens to the client silently, the client may feel that the nurse is not interested. On the other hand, if the nurse talks about the nurse's own experience, the focus of the session shifts to the nurse rather than to the client.