NSG 1050 - EXAM 4 | THE SMART WAY TO PASS | REAL
TESTS, REAL RESULTS!
Group - Answer: two or more people with common interests, objectives, and continuing
interaction
Nursing Teams - Answer: - patient care teams
- unit function teams
- research teams
- quality improvement teams
Patient care teams - Answer: A group of patient care personnel including registered nurses,
licensed practical nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel, that work together to
provide nursing care to a group of patients
Unit function teams - Answer: usually comprised of all nursing personnel on a patient care
unit, these groups meet to discuss and solve issues that address the procedures and
routines that become official unit rules and regulations
Research teams - Answer: a research team meets to conduct or participate in studies that
provide the best evidence based practice on a unit, or in the facility at large
Quality improvement teams - Answer: groups of healthcare professionals that meet to
discuss and adopt best practices for improving the care of patients within a facility
Characteristics of a well-functioning group - Answer: - aware of objectives and ground rules
- consensus decision-making
- conflict centers around ideas or methods, not people
- clear assignments made and accepted
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, Characteristics of a poorly-functioning group - Answer: - unaware or confused about the
objectives or how the group will conduct work
- conflict focuses on people within the group
- decisions are made unilaterally or predetermined
- no clear assignments are given to implement decision
Benefits of groups - Answer: - can address more complicated, voluminous work
- uses diversity of talents, experience, and knowledge of various members (widened
perspectives)
- promote morale, ownership, and empowerment
- improves quality of product, outcomes, and decisions
Concepts of effective group work - Answer: - group cohesion
- loss of individuality
- encourage participation
- refocusing conflict
- empowerment
- ownership
- redefining objectives
- summarizing
Group cohesion - Answer: the extent to which members of the group feel interpersonally
connected to each other
Loss of individuality - Answer: social process in which individual group members lose self-
awareness and its accompanying sense of accountability, inhibition, and responsibility for
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TESTS, REAL RESULTS!
Group - Answer: two or more people with common interests, objectives, and continuing
interaction
Nursing Teams - Answer: - patient care teams
- unit function teams
- research teams
- quality improvement teams
Patient care teams - Answer: A group of patient care personnel including registered nurses,
licensed practical nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel, that work together to
provide nursing care to a group of patients
Unit function teams - Answer: usually comprised of all nursing personnel on a patient care
unit, these groups meet to discuss and solve issues that address the procedures and
routines that become official unit rules and regulations
Research teams - Answer: a research team meets to conduct or participate in studies that
provide the best evidence based practice on a unit, or in the facility at large
Quality improvement teams - Answer: groups of healthcare professionals that meet to
discuss and adopt best practices for improving the care of patients within a facility
Characteristics of a well-functioning group - Answer: - aware of objectives and ground rules
- consensus decision-making
- conflict centers around ideas or methods, not people
- clear assignments made and accepted
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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, Characteristics of a poorly-functioning group - Answer: - unaware or confused about the
objectives or how the group will conduct work
- conflict focuses on people within the group
- decisions are made unilaterally or predetermined
- no clear assignments are given to implement decision
Benefits of groups - Answer: - can address more complicated, voluminous work
- uses diversity of talents, experience, and knowledge of various members (widened
perspectives)
- promote morale, ownership, and empowerment
- improves quality of product, outcomes, and decisions
Concepts of effective group work - Answer: - group cohesion
- loss of individuality
- encourage participation
- refocusing conflict
- empowerment
- ownership
- redefining objectives
- summarizing
Group cohesion - Answer: the extent to which members of the group feel interpersonally
connected to each other
Loss of individuality - Answer: social process in which individual group members lose self-
awareness and its accompanying sense of accountability, inhibition, and responsibility for
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