Nurse–Physician Collaboration in General Internal Medicine: A Synthesis of Survey and Ethnographic Techniques

Abstract

BACKGROUND Effective collaboration between hospital nurses and physicians is associated with patient safety, quality of care, and provider satisfaction. Mutual nurse-physician perceptions of one another's collaboration are typically discrepant. Quantitative and qualitative studies frequently conclude that nurses experience lower satisfaction with nurse-physician collaboration than physicians. Mixed methods studies of nurse-physician collaboration are uncommon; results from one of the two approaches are seldom related to or reported in terms of the others. This paper aims to demonstrate the complementarity of quantitative and qualitative methods for understanding nursephysician collaboration.

Implementation of a critical care outreach service: a qualitative study

“…The participation of nurses in decision‐making, interprofessional educational programmes related to team communication, and strong professional leadership for nurses and physicians enhances interprofessional collaboration (Gotlib Conn et al. ; Tang et al. ).…”

“…Strong hospital leadership by administrators, nurses and physicians is key to optimal nurse-nurse and nurse-physician working relationships, particularly when implementing new ways of working (Johansson et al 2014). The participation of nurses in decision-making, interprofessional educational programmes related to team communication, and strong professional leadership for nurses and physicians enhances interprofessional collaboration (Gotlib Conn et al 2014;Tang et al 2013). Thus, attention to these areas in future would perhaps improve the implantation of CCOSs in countries such as Iran.…”

Mapping Collective Sensemaking in Communication: The Interprofessional Patient Case Review in Acute Care Rounds

“…However, pilot project descriptions of the teams did resonate with the practice differences that clearly emerged in the analysis. A future study could aim to incorporate in its design pertinent outcome indicators with process observations (Conn, Kenaszchuk, Dainty, Zwarenstein, & Reeves, 2014).…”

Iranian Physicians’ Perspectives Regarding Nurse–Physician Professional Communication: Implications for Nurses

“…The nature of nurse-physician professional communication in Iran follows the same pattern in health care settings as in other countries, in which the physician occupies a role encompassing full responsibility for the diagnosis and management of the patient. On the other hand, the nurse is recognized as having responsibility for following the physician's orders and providing a caring environment for the patient and their family (Gotlib Conn et al, 2014;Muller-Juge et al, 2014). According to Vaismoradi et al (2011), Iranian nurses communicate with physicians without being allowed to make personal communication and having the privilege of shared decision making during patient care.…”