| خلاصه مقاله | Background: Given that patient care is a procedural task and all members play a direct role in the success of this process, professional communication and teamwork among treatment staff is of particular importance. Therefore, the existence of a strong, proper and professional relationship between different treatment staff can improve the quality of treatment services and care provided to the patient. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the professional physician-nurse relationship and its connection with teamwork and job success of nurses in the emergency department.
Methods: This was a descriptive-correlational study in which nurses and physicians working in the emergency departments of educational hospitals affiliated with the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Social Security participated in 2016. To collect data, data gathering tools including demographic characteristics, a questionnaire for measuring professional communication between physicians and nurses from the perspectives of nurses and physicians, a questionnaire for evaluating nurses' teamwork, and a questionnaire for assessing nurses' job success were used. The data collected from the samples were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tests with SPSS statistical software version 21.
Results: The results of the present study showed that the mean total score of physician-nurse professional communication was 66.84 (SD=12.61) out of a possible score range of 22-110. The mean score of physician-nurse professional communication from the physicians' perspective was 88.95 (SD=7.65) out of a possible score range of 22-110, which, based on the questionnaire scoring, is at a good level. Additionally, there is a positive and significant statistical relationship between team work and physician-nurse professional relationship (r=0.31 and p<0.01). The relationship between work success and physician-nurse professional relationship (r =0.1 and p>0.05) which can be concluded that there is no significant relationship between work success and physician-nurse professional relationship in the study. There is a statistically significant positive correlation between teamwork and job success (P<0.01, r=0.45).
Conclusions: Given the importance of physician-nurse professional communication, more attention to factors affecting its improvement is essential. Also, considering the significant relationship between professional communication and teamwork and job success, it is recommended that planning for holding training courses and workshops to strengthen professional communication, teamwork, and job success be included in the educational curriculum of nurses and nursing students. |