Interventions to improve communication between nurses and physicians in the intensive care unit: An integrative literature review
作者机构:School of NursingPeking UniversityBeijingPeople's Republic of China School of Nursing and MidwiferyMenzies Health Institute QueenslandGriffith UniversityQueenslandAustralia
出 版 物:《International Journal of Nursing Sciences》 (国际护理科学(英文))
年 卷 期:2018年第5卷第1期
页 面:81-88页
主 题:Communication Intervention Intensive care units Nurses and physicians
摘 要:Effective communication among healthcare professionals in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a particular imperative,with accurate and efficient interdisciplinary communication being a critical prerequisite for high-quality *** and physicians are highly important parts of the healthcare system ***,identifying strategies that would improve communication between these two groups can provide evidence for practical improvement in the ICU,which will ultimately improve patient *** integrative literature review aimed to identify interventions that improve communication between nurses and physicians in *** databases (Medline,CINAHL,and Science Direct) were searched between September 2014 and June 2016 using 11 search terms,namely,nurse,doctor,physician,resident,clinician,ICU,intensive care unit,communication,teamwork,collaboration,and relationship.A manual search of the reference lists of found papers was also *** articles met the inclusion *** studies reported on the use of communication tools/checklists,team training,multidisciplinary structured work shift evaluation,and electronic situation-background-assessment -recommendation documentation templates to improve *** which intervention strategies are most effective remains unclear,this review suggests that these strategies improve communication to some *** studies should be rigorously designed and outcome measures should be specific and validated to capture and reflect the effects of effective communication.