Nurse/ Physician Collaboration and its Relation to Professional Nursing Autonomy as Perceived by Nurses | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Article 14, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 201-213 PDF (1.13 M) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.159661 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mabrouka Hamdy Mohamed* 1; Safaa Mohamed El-Demerdash2; Aya Ghoneimy Hasanin1 | ||
| 1Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: poor nurse/ physician collaboration could result in job dissatisfaction, a lack of autonomy, and higher possibility of intention to leave the job and poor health. The study aimed to identify the relation between nurse/physician collaboration and professional nursing autonomy as perceived by nurses. A descriptive correlational design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study conducted at critical care units at Benha University Hospital. The sample of this study included a convenient sample contain 277 nurses. Tool: Two tools were used for data collection, the first tool: Nurse / physician collaboration scale, the second tool: Professional nursing autonomy scale. The study results: Showed that nearly two fifths (39, 4%) of nurses had low perception level regarding nurse physician collaboration and more than two fifth (46, 9%) of them had low perception level about professional nursing autonomy. The Conclusion: There was highly statistical significant positive correlation between overall nurses' perception regarding nurse/physician collaboration and overall professional nursing autonomy .The study recommended that: There is a need for further studies that explain the important factors that hindering inter professional collaboration and its negative outcomes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Collaboration; Nurse/physician; Professional autonomy | ||
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