Pakpour V, Hojat M, Salehi H, Rahmani A, Shahim A, Mohammadi R. Viewpoint of Nurses on Inter-professional Relationship between Nurses and Doctors. Journal of Hayat 2014; 20 (1) :74-85
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http://hayat.tums.ac.ir/article-1-4396-en.html
1- Student Research Committee, Ph.D Candidate of Nursing Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , vahidpakpour@zums.ac.ir
2- Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3- Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
4- Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
5- MSc. in Nursing, Shahid Madani Hospital, Tabriz, Iran
6- Student Research Committee, Operating room technician Student, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
Abstract: (1049 Views)
Background & Aim: Previous studies have shown lack of appropriate inter-professional relationships between nurses and doctors and its negative impact on quality of provided care. This study aimed to determine nurses' attitudes on professional relationships between doctors and nurses.
Methods & Materials: In this cross-sectional study, 228 nurses were selected from the internal-surgical and intensive care units of educational hospitals in Zanjan. Data were collected through the Jefferson scale of attitude toward physician- nurse collaboration. Descriptive (mean, median, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, ANOVA) were used to analyze data in the SPSS version 16.
Results: The situation of the inter-professional relationship between nurses and doctors was “high”. The maximum score belonged to the "care versus curing"; and the lowest score belonged to the "medical authority". There was a significant relationship between the mean score of the inter-professional relationship with nurses’ employment status (r=0.69, P<0.01).
Conclusion: Perspectives of nurses on nurse-doctor relationship was high. Efforts should be made to achieve the ideal situation by paying more attention to nurses' professional roles and their autonomy, including inter-professional relationship subjects in Medicine and Nursing educational curriculum and creating team spirit between nurses and doctors.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
Nursing Care Published: 2014/04/15 | ePublished: 2014/04/15