BACKGROUND Parental and professional agreement as to the presence of wheezing in infants and preschool children has been shown to be poor. Agreement on the absence or presence of physical signs on chest examination in these populations is far from perfect, even among experienced physicians. OBJECTIVES We sought to compare the assessment of a parent, nurse, and physician with the "gold standar...

Background: Managing patients with chronic rheumatic diseases is increasingly relying on the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team, including rheumatology nurse who can aid assessment disease activity among other healthcare tasks. However, this practice, although common in Europe and North America, still poorly implemented Middle eastern Arab countries (MEAC). Objectives: To evaluate concor...

The study objective was to evaluate the capability and the consistency of the triage nurse to categorize correctly emergency patients and its impact on the waiting time for physician examination over a period of 3 years. The study was performed at the emergency department of the Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel. A retrospective review of the medical records was performed. All patients ...

background: the jefferson scale of attitude toward physician-nurse collaboration (jsapnc) has been used to measure the attitude regarding collaboration between nurses and physicians. the aim of this preliminary study was to test the reliability and validity of an arabic version of the questionnaire and adapt it for use in palestine. methods: forward-backward translation of guidelines provided i...

Background and Objectives: Effective nurse-physician communication is essential for provision of high quality clinical care. Research into nurse-physician communication is a new field in Iran, and the importance of the issue calls for further investigation. In response to this necessity, this study aimed to assess nurses’ perception of nurse-physician communication in teaching hospitals affilia...

The benefits of collaboration in healthcare have been linked positively with higher patient satisfaction, improved patient outcomes, enhanced nursing staff satisfaction, and decreased hospital costs. A sample of nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists affiliated with postgraduate training programs in the state of Texas responded to a survey designed to gather attitudes toward physician-nurse c...