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A Systematic Review on Nurse-Physician Collaboration and Its Relationship With Nursing Workforce Outcomes:
1Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, University of Washington, Tacoma.
Objective:
This systematic review appraised and synthesized the literature examining the relationship between nurse-physician collaboration and nursing workforce outcomes.
Background:
Nurse-physician collaboration is vital for effective healthcare delivery, with implications for nursing workforce outcomes. Knowledge of this relationship is crucial when designing strategies and interventions to enhance collaboration and improve nursing practice and outcomes.
Methods:
This is a systematic review of 19 articles. Two independent researchers extracted and analyzed the data from articles that met the inclusion criteria. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used to ensure transparency and rigor in the review process.
Results:
Content analysis identified nursing workforce outcomes of nurse-physician collaboration, which were clustered into motivation-based outcomes (eg, professional autonomy), behavior/performance-based outcomes (eg, job performance, turnover intention), and affective-based outcomes (eg, job satisfaction, moral distress).
Conclusion:
The findings of this review underscore the value of fostering collaborative relationships between nurses and physicians to improve nursing workforce outcomes and promote a supportive work environment.
