Project Purpose
The efficacy of healthcare strategies often hinges on the successful management of patients’ data and its transfer from one member of a healthcare setting to another (Conn, Kenaszchuk, Dainty, Zwarenstein, & Reeves, 2014). Therefore, the issue of relationships between nurses and physicians deserves close attention as one of the constituents of the setting in which a patient can recover faster. It is assumed that interdisciplinary communication, as well as cooperation between healthcare providers, in general, plays a huge part in the improvement of patient outcomes. Thus, a profound study of the effects that a consistent dialogue between a nurse and a physician has on patients’ chances to recover is needed. The goal of the project is to study the impact of nurse-practitioner cooperation on a patient’s well-being and the efficacy of intervention and treatment strategies offered to a target demographic. In addition, the paper seeks to identify the strategies that can be utilized to encourage nurse-physician cooperation and use it to meet the needs of diverse patients. Given the consistent rise in diversity levels within communities, the effects of consistent interdisciplinary communication must be tested.
Project Background
Over the past few years, the significance of interdisciplinary communication in nursing has experienced rapid growth (Boev & Xia, 2015). For instance, the necessity to enhance collaboration between a nurse and a physician has grown with the need to improve the quality of care for ER patients (Boev & Xia, 2015). In addition, the effects of nurse-physician collaboration on the levels of job satisfaction among healthcare staff members have been studied profoundly (Ajeigbe, McNeese-Smith, Phillips, & Leach, 2014). The reasons for studies in the specified area to be conducted were rather basic; particularly, the need to address the increasing levels of workplace burnout among nurses emerged (Boev & Xia, 2015).
The results of the studies have shown that the proposed strategy leads to a gradual rise in the levels of job satisfaction among nurses (Ajeigbe et al., 2014). Thus, further analysis is required to ensure appropriate management of patients’ needs. Despite the fact that the use of the suggested approach causes motivation levels among nurses to rise, its effects on patient outcomes are yet to be revealed. Once the effects of nurse-physician collaboration are proven to be beneficial for patients as well, a framework for improving the quality of care can be designed.
Project Significance
The results of the research are likely to have a medium effect on the overall quality of care. Although creating a universal approach that will be suitable to any nursing environment is a challenging task, the project may result in creating a tool for reducing the threats to which patients are typically exposed. For example, problems in transferring patients’ data from a physician to a nurse and vice versa, as well as the subsequent medical errors, will be resolved.
Furthermore, the proposed study will become the platform for promoting the consistent rise in quality of care. With the increase in the opportunities for conducting successful multicultural communication and meeting patients’ needs, both nurses and physicians will acquire crucial knowledge. The newly obtained information will serve the purpose of making healthcare strategies more flexible. As a result, interventions will be more patient-specific, and both nurses and physicians will take patients’ cultural backgrounds into consideration. As a result, a basis for successful patient education will be built. Specifically, nurses and physicians will be capable of addressing harmful myths that affect the quality of care.
References
Ajeigbe, D., McNeese-Smith, D., Phillips, L., & Leach, L. (2014). Effect of nurse-physician teamwork in the emergency department nurse and physician perception of job satisfaction. Journal of Nursing and Care, 3(1), 141-146. Web.
Boev, C., & Xia, Y. (2015). Nurse-physician collaboration and hospital-acquired infections in critical care. Critical Care Nurse, 35(2), 66-72. Web.
Conn, G. L., Kenaszchuk, C., Dainty, K., Zwarenstein, M., & Reeves, S. (2014). Nurse–physician collaboration in general internal medicine: A synthesis of survey and ethnographic techniques. Health and Interprofessional Practice, 2(2), 1057-1070. Web.