Nurse/ Physician Collaboration and its Relation to Professional Nursing Autonomy as Perceived by Nurses

Mohamed, Mabrouka Hamdy; El-Demerdash, Safaa Mohamed; Hasanin, Aya Ghoneimy

doi:10.21608/jnsbu.2021.159661

Nurse/ Physician Collaboration and its Relation to Professional Nursing Autonomy as Perceived by Nurses

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

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¹ Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

² Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

10.21608/jnsbu.2021.159661

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.

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