A nurse would determine that a client has a collaborative problem if the:
1. physician or authorized health care provider is the only one who can manage the problem.
2. problem will apply to the client's situation for more than one day.
3. nurse can independently prescribe and perform the interventions to treat the problem.
4. problem requires interventions from more than one type of health care team member.
ANS: 4
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