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nautica902 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

The mediator suggested to the unit staff that a group agreement needed to be made so meetings could become productive. For example, the group agreement, We will speak supportively, prevents:

a. Expression of opposing ideas.
b. Gossip and making negative comments about absent team members.
c. Efforts to ensure that everyone thinks alike.
d. Votes that oppose motions.

Question 2

_____ is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

elizabethrperez · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
This is an example of a rule that a team can implement to prevent certain negative behaviors such as gossip, backbiting, and bickering that undermine the productivity and functioning of a group.

Answer to Question 2

Evidence-based practice
Evidence-based practice is defined by Sackett and colleagues (1996) as the conscientious, ex-plicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.