A school-age client is admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), unconscious and with multiple traumatic injuries, after a skateboard accident that included a closed head injury

Question

Many health professionals are involved in the client's and the scene is chaotic. The parents are extremely anxious and want to know what's happening. The case manager asks for an interdisciplinary team meeting to speak with the client's parents. Which is the rationale for this meeting?
A) To allow for each specialty to practice independently
B) To share and evaluate information for care planning and implementation, and prevent priority conflicts, redundancy, and omissions in care.
C) To all the primary healthcare provider to make all the decision regarding the client's care
D) To prevent the parents from trying to change the plan of care

Answer 1

Answer: B

Interdisciplinary collaboration engages each professional's contribution to joint care planning, implementation, and accomplishment of client goals, with possibly less redundancy, more efficiency, and fewer care omissions. The parents of a minor child should be involved in all aspects of care and decision making.