The nurse is planning activities to enhance collaboration within the mental health care team. Which activities will be helpful toward this goal? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Identification of ways to minimize diversity among team members
2. Discussion of decisions that require team unity
3. Identification of ways to ignore individual power bases
4. Review of interpersonal communication skills
5. Discussion of decisions that can be made autonomously
2,5
Rationale: Identification of ways to minimize diversity among team members. Effective collaboration on a team involves the ability to value diversity and turn differences into assets. An inability to value diversity may be a detriment to the team's efforts.
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