The laboratory supervisor states, “I would like to collaborate with nu

QUESTION

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.

ANSWER:

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.