Nurses' and Physicians' Perceptions of Nurse-Physician Collaboration: A Systematic Review.
The purpose of this systematic review was to explore nurses' and physicians' perceptions of nurse-physician collaboration and the factors that influence their perceptions. Overall, nurses and physicians held different perceptions of nurse-physician collaboration. Shared decision making, teamwork, and communication were reoccurring themes in reports of perceptions about nurse-physician collaboration. These findings have implications for more interprofessional educational courses and more intervention studies that focus on ways to improve nurse-physician collaboration.
Author Affiliations: Cardiac Intensive Care Nurse (Ms House), Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Interim Dean (Dr Havens), School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sherita
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House
Donna
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Havens
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*