title: Nurse-physician collaboration: solving the nursing shortage crisis.
abstract: The current severe nursing shortage in the United States has many causes and its solution requires new strategies. Collaboration among the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has provided a model for the multidisciplinary approach needed. Nurse-physician collaboration is an important strategy to address the ongoing shortage.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, Tallahassee Memorial, Florida 32308.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012380:Role; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload