How much teamwork exists between nurses and junior doctors in the intensive care unit?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1817-1823

  Nathanson, Brian H ^a   Henneman, Elizabeth A ^b,c   Blonaisz, Elaine R ^c   Doubleday, Nancy D ^d   Lusardi, Paula ^c   Jodka, Paul G ^e  

^a OptiStatim LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d South Hadley Adult Medicine   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Critical care; Interpersonal communication; Nurse physician relationships; Support; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79960433366     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05616.x     Document Type: Article

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