Essentials of Mental Health Nursing
by Karen Wright and Mick McKeown
Student Resources
Chapter 3: Working with other professionals
1. Which of the following is NOT a key component of interprofessional teamwork?
- Systematic relationships
- Regular interaction
- Combined knowledge
- Varied communication
Answer: C
2. How does humour influence Community Mental Health Teams according to Griffiths (1998)?
- As a mechanism that helped team members support one another in their difficult work with patients who had serious mental health problems
- An important and central aspect of community mental health care provision
- A useful means of enhancing team bonding and throughout various levels of the health care team
- A communicative method which aids discussion between patients, family members and health care professionals
Answer: A
3. Which of the following is at the CENTRE of the typology developed by Reeves et al (2010)?
- Networking
- Teamwork
- Collaboration
- Coordination
Answer: B
4. Patient-centred care represents ___?
- A transition from a holistic economic model to a more individualised one
- The growing need to adapt intervention towards the needs of the patient, rather than focus specifically on the illness
- The prioritisation of the patient above all else
- A removal of the need for distinction between acute and chronic assessment
Answer: B
5. Which four main domains comprise Reeves et al’s (2010) framework for interprofessional teamwork?
- Relational, Combinational, Processual, Contextual
- Relational, Processual, Organisational, Contextual
- Relational, Internal, External, Contextual
- Relational, Interpersonal, Processual, Contextual
Answer: B
6. Interprofessional collaboration is ___?
- A type of interprofessional work which involves different health and social care professions who regularly come together to solve problems or provide services
- Interaction between and amongst health care providers with the direct intention of improving practise
- A system by which groups of professionals share and develop ideas surrounding improvement
- Discussion and communication between various professionals about their disciplinary identity
Answer: A
7. Interprofessional education occurs when ___?
- Many professionals learn from each other in a focussed classroom setting
- Members (or students) of two or more health and/or social care professions engage in learning with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the delivery of care
- A combination of healthcare professionals instruct colleagues about the value of collaborative working
- Members (or students) of similar health and/or social care professions engage in learning with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the delivery of care
Answer: B