A nurse manager sent one of the staff nurses on the unit to a conference about new, evidence-based wound care techniques

Question

The nurse manager asks the staff nurse to prepare a poster to present at the next unit meeting, which will be mandatory for all nursing staff on the unit. The nurse manager is providing a learning opportunity in this situation through
a. Nurse/physician collaborative practice.
b. Interdisciplinary collaboration.
c. Staff education.
d. Establishing a nursing practice committee.

Answer 1

ANS: C
The nurse manager is planning a staff education opportunity in the given example. Staff education is one way the nurse manager supports staff involvement in a decentralized decision-making model. This nurse is providing staff education to other staff nurses on the unit, not to physicians. Interdisciplinary collaboration involves working with other disciplines such as medicine, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, etc. The question does not state that the nurse is establishing a practice committee. A poster presentation is a common teaching method.