Survey nurses’ collaboration in clinical decision making

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.‎