The laboratory supervisor states, "I would like to collaborate with nursing services to improve the way they order laboratory tests." What is the error in this statement?
1. Laboratory supervisors should have no influence on nursing service.
2. An integrated delivery system centers on the client's health needs, not on the particular care given by one group.
3. The issues between laboratory services and nursing services are generally related to the way orders are written by physicians.
4. Collaboration cannot occur between disciplines in a hospital.
Correct Answer: 2
This statement focuses on what one service (nursing) is doing wrong. This goes against the idea that an integrated system focuses on the client's health needs, not on the particular care given by one group. This laboratory supervisor can have influence on nursing services by collaborating with that service, not by criticizing and directing what nursing will do. This is true no matter what the issue is and what causes the problem. Collaboration often occurs between and among disciplines in a hospital.
You might also like to view...
The nurse is caring for a client with a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. In order to assess the state of the client's mental health and ability to accept the disease, the nurse should assess for:
1. ability to complete developmental tasks. 2. presence of neurotransmitters. 3. past ability to adapt. 4. family history of mental illness.
The nurse instructs a client with renal failure who is receiving hemodialysis about dietary modifications. The nurse determines that the client understands these dietary modifications if the client selects which items from the dietary menu?
A) Cream of wheat, blueberries, coffee B) Sausage and eggs, banana, orange juice C) Bacon, cantaloupe melon, orange juice D) Cured pork, grits, strawberries, orange juice
The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection to an 8-month-old infant. Which site would the nurse select?
A) Rectus femoris B) Vastus lateralis C) Dorsogluteal muscle D) Deltoid
The nurse researcher conducting a grounded theory study has used purposeful sampling to select participants. What strategies may the nurse use in this study? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Search for participants who will disprove an emerging theory. 2. Try to obtain participants who are as similar to each other as possible. 3. Choose participants who can verify they will participate in this study, which will take several years to complete. 4. As new data are collected, compare them to the data that were collected previously. 5. Assign codes to pertinent identified data.