The nurse performs an intervention for a collaborative problem. Which type of intervention did the nurse perform?
a. Dependent
b. Independent
c. Interdependent
d. Physician-initiated
ANS: C
Collaborative interventions, or interdependent interventions, are therapies that require the combined knowledge, skill, and expertise of multiple health care professionals. Health care provider-initiated (HCP) interventions are dependent nursing interventions, or actions that require an order from the HCP. Nurse-initiated interventions are the independent nursing interventions, or actions that a nurse initiates without supervision or direction from others.
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