Nurses' Viewpoint about Collaboration between Physicians and Nurses in Clinical Decision-Making in the Hospitals of Tehran, ۲۰۱۱

Background and objective: Contribution is the main element in inter-professional relationship between the nurse and physician, requiring collaborative relationship and sharing information to reach a common therapeutic goal. the collaboration between the nurse and physician in clinical decision-making is a necessity for high-quality care in hospitals. This study aimed to determine nurses' perspective about collaboration in clinical decision- making. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on the nurses selected by convenience sampling and inclusion criteria in state, private and social well-fare hospitals, ۲۰۱۱. The data was collected by a questionnaire including demographic and nurse-physician collaboration questions, whose validity and reliability were evaluated by content validity and test re-test. Descriptive statistics such as frequency mean and standard deviation was used. Results: The results showed that the samples (۷۶.۵%) were females, aged between ۳۰ and ۳۹.۵(۵۸.۳%), BSc of nursing (۹۳.۵%), contract employment (۵۳.۸%) and ۵-۹ year record of services (۵۰%). The viewpoint of the nurses about collaboration in decision-making was moderate (۷۰.۸%), good (۷.۵%) and weak (۱۴%). Conclusion: Based on the results, a few nurses are satisfied their collaboration with physician in decision-making. It seems that the nurse-physician contribution in therapeutic procedure got the highest point, and absence of opportunity in giving comment got the lowest score.