The role of the neuroscience nurse in the nurse-physician relationship.
Productivity and quality patient care depend on a strong and collaborative nurse-physician relationship. A questionnaire was developed to assess physicians' opinions regarding services provided by the nursing staff at Barrow Neurological Institute. This article discusses the importance of a working nurse-physician relationship; variables that physicians perceive as important to the neuroscience nurse's role; factors that positively affect the nurse's role in a nurse-physician relationship; and strategies to improve nurse-physician relations.
D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D013041:Specialties, Nursing