The nursing student prepares for team work by completing the self-assessment "Are you ready to be a team member?" The student scored zero on the areas of finding it difficult to ask others for help, and the student wants to work alone
Which action should the student take next?
A) Delegate unwanted tasks to the nursing assistant on the team, so there is more time to teach the client about health prevention and promotion activities
B) Observe grand rounds and how the health care teams from various disciplines works together to better understand team work
C) Plan before the next clinical areas that team approach would benefit the client instead of trying to do the care alone and ask the team members to help
D) Ask the health care team to ask for help so the student can get involved in team work and learn how to go about working in a group
Ans: C
Feedback:
The health care team consists of members from different professions and different educational backgrounds and with skill sets that complement each other and together can provide the most efficient highest quality of care. The purpose of team work is not to delegate unwanted tasks to nursing assistants. The nursing student identified having problems with asking others for help and wants to work alone, so observing how a team works together does not help the student take the needed step of asking the team for help. Asking the team to assign tasks for the student to complete does not provide the practice the student needs in asking team members to help. By planning ahead for the next clinical experience areas that the client may benefit from a team approach and asking team members for help provides the needed practice to help the student become a solid team member.
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