When the oncology unit's interdisciplinary team meets every Monday morning at 0830 to discuss the unit's individual clients, the group is best displaying:
1. Staff education
2. Collaborative practice
3. Team communication
4. Nursing shared governance
ANS: 2
Collaboration of health care team members is required to help meet the complex needs of clients in health care settings. Such collaborative interaction may strengthen individual members' knowledge and communication skills. Nursing shared governance is a process directed towards the standard of nursing care among a particular groups of professional nurses.
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