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Working together - primary care doctors' and nurses' attitudes to collaboration

Working together - primary care doctors' and nurses' attitudes to collaboration

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Submitted by National Center... on Dec 2, 2014 - 10:32am CST

BACKGROUND: Multidisciplinary teamwork is recommended for various disorders and it has been suggested that it is a way to meet the new challenges and demands facing general practitioners (GPs) in modern society. Attempts to introduce the method in primary care have failed partly due to GPs' unwillingness to participate. The aim of this study was to measure attitudes towards collaboration among GPs and district nurses (DN) and to investigate whether there is a correlation between a positive attitude toward collaboration and high self-esteem in the professional role.

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Psychometric properties of an attitude scale measuring physician-nurse collaboration

Psychometric properties of an attitude scale measuring physician-nurse collaboration

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Submitted by National Center... on Dec 2, 2014 - 10:15am CST

This study examined the psychometric properties of an assessment tool for measuring attitudes toward physician-nurse collaboration. A survey addressing areas of responsibility, expectations, shared learning, decision making, authority, and autonomy was administered to first-year medical and nursing students. Factor analysis of the survey indicated that the survey measured four underlying constructs of shared education and collaborative relationships, caring as opposed to curing, nurse's autonomy, and physician's authority.

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Developing interprofessional assessment

Developing interprofessional assessment

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Submitted by National Center... on Dec 2, 2014 - 9:59am CST

Undergraduate medical and nursing education should enable the development of communication and teamworking skills and of reflective practice, which should be assessed and continued into professional practice. This study aimed to examine appropriate methods for the assessment of interprofessional learning of clinical, teamwork and communication skills for undergraduate students in Paediatrics and Children's Nursing and to involve Senior House Officers (SHOs) in this process.

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Development and validation of scales to measure organisational features of acute hospital wards

Development and validation of scales to measure organisational features of acute hospital wards

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Submitted by National Center... on Dec 2, 2014 - 9:07am CST

In order to make comparisons between wards and explain variations in outcomes of nursing care, there is a growing need in nursing research for reliable and valid measures of the organisational features of acute hospital wards. This research developed The Ward Organisational Features Scales (WOFS); each set of six scales comprising 14 subscales which measure discrete dimensions of acute hospital wards.

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The performance of intensive care units: does good management make a difference?

The performance of intensive care units: does good management make a difference?

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Submitted by National Center... on Dec 1, 2014 - 2:21pm CST

A significant portion of health care resources are spent in intensive care units with, historically, up to two-fold variation in risk-adjusted mortality. Technological, demographic, and social forces are likely to lead to an increased volume of intensive care in the future. Thus, it is important to identify ways of more efficiently managing intensive care units and reducing the variation in patient outcomes.

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Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit

Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit

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Submitted by National Center... on Dec 1, 2014 - 11:21am CST

BACKGROUND: Patient safety research has shown poor communication among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and doctors to be a common causal factor underlying critical incidents in intensive care. This study examines whether ICU doctors and nurses have a shared perception of interdisciplinary communication in the UK ICU.

METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of ICU nurses and doctors in four UK hospitals using a previously established measure of ICU interdisciplinary collaboration.

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The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: Psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research

The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: Psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research

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Submitted by National Center... on Nov 25, 2014 - 3:39pm CST

BACKGROUND: There is widespread interest in measuring healthcare provider attitudes about issues relevant to patient safety (often called safety climate or safety culture). Here we report the psychometric properties, establish benchmarking data, and discuss emerging areas of research with the University of Texas Safety Attitudes Questionnaire.

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Measuring teamwork and conflict among emergency medical techinican personnel

Measuring teamwork and conflict among emergency medical techinican personnel

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Submitted by National Center... on Nov 25, 2014 - 3:08pm CST

OBJECTIVE: We sought to develop a reliable and valid tool for measuring teamwork among emergency medical technician (EMT) partnerships.

METHODS: We adapted existing scales and developed new items to measure components of teamwork. After recruiting a convenience sample of 39 agencies, we tested a 122-item draft survey tool (EMT-TEAMWORK). We performed a series of exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test reliability and construct validity, describing variation in domain and global scores using descriptive statistics.

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Effect of obstetric team training on team performance and medical technical skills: A randomised controlled trial

Effect of obstetric team training on team performance and medical technical skills: A randomised controlled trial

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Submitted by National Center... on Nov 25, 2014 - 2:54pm CST

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether obstetric team training in a medical simulation centre improves the team performance and utilisation of appropriate medical technical skills of healthcare professionals.

DESIGN: Cluster randomised controlled trial.

SETTING: The Netherlands.

SAMPLE: The obstetric departments of 24 Dutch hospitals.

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