title: The challenge of working together: documentation collaboration.
abstract: Duplicating the preoperative assessment kept the staff working parallel, instead of intersecting or collaborating. The process of promoting better communication via collaborative documentation required staff to reflect on their roles--not as members of the PACU or OR team, but as part of the group giving surgical care.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*