title: Nurse-physician workplace collaboration.
abstract: Maximizing nurse-physician collaboration holds promise for improving patient care and creating satisfying work roles. The purpose of this article is to describe strategies that will facilitate effective nurse-physician collaboration. First the nature and the benefits of collaborative communication will be reviewed. This review will be followed by a discussion of self-development, team-development, and communication-development strategies that can enhance nurse-physician collaboration.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota in the School of Nursing, USA. linde001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Lindeke
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sieckert
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations