Nurse-Physician attitudes towards collaboration and shared education

Abstract

The study aims to investigate attitudinal differences towards physician-nurse collaboration and shared education of 120 health workers including physicians (n=30), nurses (n=30), medical students (n=30) and nursing students (n=30). Participants responded to a short survey and to the Jeffersonian Attitudes Scale for Doctor- Nurse Collaboration (Hojat, 2012). Results yielded that 73.33% of physicians, 90% of nurses, 90% of nursing students and 96.67% of medical students showed positive attitudes towards teamwork and shared education. Medical students and physicians showed the highest positive attitudes towards nurse’s autonomy. Nursing students showed the highest negative attitudes towards physician’s dominance. There were not significant differences between the groups in the other factors. Results point out the importance of developing healthcare skills through the improvement of educational programs in term of collaboration.