Professional behavior in collaborative practice.
Cost containment, increased severity of illness, earlier patient discharge, and high staff turnover are causing nurse executives to implement new systems of health care delivery. One such delivery system, collaborative practice, strives to maximize efficient and effective use of staff, to improve nurse retention, and to enhance patient care. The authors present one approach to implementing collaborative practice and the empirical findings related to the system's impact on physician-nurse professionalism.
D003237:Connecticut; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010348:Patient Care Team