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Improving Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Building An Infrastructure Of Support, Marshall Blue
Improving Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Building An Infrastructure Of Support, Marshall Blue
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Abstract
Healthcare organizations have come to realize the 21st century brings many challenges. First and foremost is the challenge of improving patient satisfaction with their health care and their associated experience accessing this complex system. Other challenges are incorporating the patient perceptions of delivering high quality, safe, equitable care to the surrounding community while demonstrating cohesive teamwork. Healthcare professionals and organizations must find an effective and efficient pathway to provide excellent care to the patient within an extremely competitive market. Current research demonstrates a patient perceives they are receiving exceptional care when interdisciplinary conversations are noticed between the nurse and …
A Literature Review On Improving Nurse-Patient Communication Manuscript, Irene Gabbedon
A Literature Review On Improving Nurse-Patient Communication Manuscript, Irene Gabbedon
DNP Qualifying Manuscripts
Effective communication happens when the sender of the message sends it, and it is conveyed and understood by the receiver (Gilbert & Hayes, 2009). Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States alone (McMains, 2016). The Joint Commission (TJC) (2019) implemented National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) in 2002, and improving communication among caregivers has been a goal that has been frequently revised. Due to ineffective communication, life-threatening errors are created among healthcare workers. Nurses play an important role in the communication channel and barriers can be created when there is a lack of health literacy. …