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Effect of Peer-to-Peer Nurse-Physician Collaboration on Attitudes Toward the Nurse-Physician Relationship
Pamela B Edwards1, Jean B Rea, Marilyn H Oermann
1Pamela B. Edwards, EdD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, CENP, is Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Education, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. Jean B. Rea, MN, RN, is Clinical Nurse Educator, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is the Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing and Director of Evaluation and Educational Research, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Ellen J. Hegarty, MSEd, RN, BC, CNML, is Administrative Director for Professional Development, Duke University Health System, and Clinical Associate, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Judy R. Prewitt, DNP, RN, is Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. Mariah Rudd, BS, is Education and Faculty Development Manager, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia. Susan Silva, PhD, is Research Associate Professor and Statistician, Center for Nursing Research, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Alisa Nagler, JD, EdD, is Assistant Director for Accreditation, Validation and Credentialing, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Practice of Medical Education, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. David A. Turner, MD, is Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. Stephen D. DeMeo, DO, MEd, is Neonatologist, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.
Abstract:
The goal of this study was to pilot a novel peer-to-peer nurse-physician collaboration program and assess for changes in attitudes toward collaboration among a group of newly licensed nurses and resident physicians (n = 39). The program included large group meetings, with discussion of key concepts related to interprofessional collaboration. In unit-based teams, the registered nurses and physicians developed a quality improvement project to meet a need on their unit. Creating learning activities like this program enable nursing professional development specialists to promote interprofessional collaboration and learning.
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