Collective Self-Esteem, Attitudes toward Collaboration, and Collaborative Practice Behaviors utilized by Nurses and Physicians | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 5, Volume 12, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2016, 2016, Pages 68-81 PDF (382.78 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029281 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatma Gouda Metwally; Farida Mahmoud Hussein | ||
| Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Effective nurse-physician collaboration is essential to enhance satisfaction among nurses, physicians, and patients, increase the quality of care, reduce costs, and improve patient safety. Aim of the study: To assess the relationship between collective selfesteem, attitudes toward collaboration, and collaborative practice behaviors utilized by nurses and physicians in a surgical hospital. Subjects& methods: Research design: A descriptive correlational study design was used in this study. Setting :This study was conducted in the Surgical Hospital affiliated to Zagazig University Hospitals. Subjects: All staff nurses (n=400) and all physicians (n=100) available at the time of data collection Tools of data collection : Collective Self-Esteem Scale, Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Collaboration, and Collaborative Practice Scale. Results: Findings revealed that nurse-to-physician collaboration had the lowest percent mean score (61.29%). There was a strong positive correlation between the total scores of nurse- to- nurse collaboration and both of nurses' attitudes toward collaboration and nurses' collective self- esteem. There was a strong positive correlation between nurse- to- physician collaboration and nurse's attitudes toward collaboration, nurse's collective self-esteem, and- nurse- to nurse collaboration. However, nurses' attitudes toward collaboration and collective self-esteem explain 85% of the variability in nurse- to-nurse collaborative practice behaviors (NCPS-N), while, nurses' attitudes toward collaboration explain about 90% of the variability in nurse- to-physician collaboration (NCPS-P). Conclusion: There is a strong positive correlation between collective self-esteem, attitudes toward collaboration, and collaborative practice behaviors in nurse-to-nurse, nurse-tophysician, and in physician-to-physician interactions. The results also revealed that attitudes toward collaboration and collective self-esteem were strong predictors in nurse-to-nurse and in physician-to-physician collaboration, While attitudes toward collaboration was the only predictor in nurse-to-physician interaction. Recommendations: Initiating and developing mutually respectful inter-professional relationships between nurses and physicians through inter professional education in their curriculum to increase understanding of complementary roles of nurses and physicians. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Collective self-esteem; collaboration; attitudes toward collaboration; Collaborative Practice Behaviors | ||
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