Exploring the concept of nurse-physician communication within the context of health care outcomes using the evolutionary method of concept analysis.
Nurse-physician communication in nursing and medicine and its relationship to health care outcomes have been studied, but there is an absence of a concept analysis using the evolutionary method. This article (1) explores the meaning of nurse-physician communication within the context of health care outcomes using the process for concept analysis proposed by Rodgers; (2) aims to clarify the concept's definition, surrogate and related terms, attributes and antecedents; (3) provides a clearer understanding of what the consequences of the concept are; and (4) suggests an operational definition. A clearer conceptualization is needed to help provide knowledge for nurses, thus guiding their practice and also theory and research.
Lehman College City University of New York, Bronx, NY, USA. brigitte.cypress@lehman.cuny.edu
Brigitte S
BS
Cypress
D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D012107:Research Design