title: Nurse-physician collaborative relationship on nurses' self-perceived job satisfaction in ambulatory care.
abstract: The dynamic restructuring of the healthcare environment from a primary acute care focus to an ambulatory care focus has prompted a migration of nurses to the ambulatory care setting. The predication of nursing job satisfaction is a complex process that has received little attention in the ambulatory care setting. The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between the nurse-physician relationship and nurses' self-perceived job satisfaction in the ambulatory care setting. While study findings demonstrated there was no significant relationship between the nurse-physician relationship and nurses' self-perceived job satisfaction in the ambulatory care setting, it did confirm that registered nurses working in the ambulatory setting have a moderate level of job satisfaction. The lack of correlation between the nurse-physician relationship and job satisfaction may have been attributed to limitations such as a limited sample size and the nurses having a relationship with a smaller number of physicians in the ambulatory care setting. Recommendations to further understanding of the nurse-physician relationship included further descriptive studies of nurses working in the ambulatory care setting and further studies on job satisfaction of nurses.
authors.affiliation: Staff Development, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 3601 S. 6th Avenue (7-14B), Tucson, AZ 84723, USA. Connie.Wilkinson@med.VA.GOV
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hite
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D001130:Arizona; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012307:Risk Factors; D018401:Sample Size; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires