Survey nurses’ collaboration in clinical decision making

• Main Authors: Lili Rostamnia, Ezzat Paryad, Ehsan Kazem Nejad Leili, Afsaneh Pasha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shahid Beheshti School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rasht 2011-10-01
• Series: Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery
• Subjects: Cooperative Behavior; Decision making; Nursing Staff; Hospital
• Online Access: http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-243-29&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Introduction: Nurses are the largest care delivering group. They have to judge in clinical ‎setting and by team work detect and solve patients problem in nursing function domains. ‎Collaboration in decision making helps this function. ‎ Objective: Present study aims to determine the level of nurses collaboration in clinical ‎decision making employed in educational health care centers in Rasht city. ‎ Methods: The population of this cross sectional study was nurses employed in educational ‎health care centers in Rasht city and ‎‏193‏‎ nurses were chosen by stratified random sampling. ‎They took part in this study by filling a two part questionnaire containing demographic data, ‎and collaboration in raising the issue and clarifying the problem in clinical decision making. ‎Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics such as c‏2‏‎ and Fisher exact test. ‎Data was analyzed using SPSS version‏16‏‎.‎ Result: In the view of most nurses their collaboration in clarifying the problem in clinical ‎decision was satisfactory.‎ Conclusion: Factors such as long working experience, high level of education and managerial ‎role can help increase nurses collaboration in raising the issue and clarifying the problem in ‎clinical decision making.‎