TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit Module 4: Task Assistance
Help your nursing staff & students learn how to give and receive support in a productive and effective way.

About the Module
15 minutes
English
VR, PC, mobile and web
Large Language Model (LLM) & scripted roleplay
AI-powered personalised feedback
Completion certificate
Lesson planning resources
25+ Module library
Who is it for?
This module is designed for nurses and nursing students to prepare for the challenges of interprofessional work, helping them to enhance their communication and collaboration skills.
While this module is tailored around the daily lives and responsibilities of nurses, other healthcare staff and students may find the tools useful and applicable to their own roles.
Scenario
Guided by two virtual coaches, Nurse Sam and Nurse Carlos, learners will discover how to proactively give and receive affirming Task Assistance. Beginning with an observation activity where learners will observe Nurse Kayla and her team, learners will then engage in a practice activity where they will apply what they've learned.

Learning objectives.
Through this fourth Toolkit module, learners will:
- Recognise supportive and unsupportive teamwork behaviour
- Demonstrate supportive behaviours as outlined by Task Assistance
TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit Modules
TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit Module 1: SBAR
Help your healthcare staff & students communicate information with cohesion & clarity, enhancing their interprofessional collaboration skills.
TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit Module 2: Check-Back
Give your healthcare staff & students an effective technique to reduce miscommunication.
TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit Module 3: CUS
Help your nursing staff and students feel empowered and confident when raising clinical concerns.
TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit Module 5: Call-Out
Give your nurses and nursing students a practical toolkit for building collaboration and improving situational awareness.
This module was created with the following Subject Matter Expert:

Sam Smith
Sam is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and simulationist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. As the first CRNA to complete a fellowship in Simulation Education at Cornell, she leads curriculum development for multi-professional and interdisciplinary patient care teams throughout the institution. She is also the CEO and founder of SimWell Innovations- a consulting service for simulation-based learning experiences. SimWell specializes in interprofessional collaboration and supports Bodyswaps in this area of focus.