To maximize the potential for changes that will deliver improved patient care in any health-care agency, leaders must foster:
A. Staff meetings that separate professional disciplines so that each profession can create new care practices specific to their own discipline
B. Time for nurses to read professional jour-nals while at work
C. Multidisciplinary collaboration among all caregivers
D. Competitiveness between each discipline by offering awards to the discipline that receives the highest comments on patient satisfaction surveys
ANS: C
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A Incorrect because multidisciplinary con-ferences would foster best patient out-comes.
B Incorrect because leaders cannot assume that if their staff reads professional jour-nals, it will maximize patient care out-comes.
C Correct because leaders must foster col-laboration to deliver good outcomes.
D Incorrect because leaders should not foster competitiveness between the disciplines to achieve best patient outcomes.
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