THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NURSES COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND NURSE-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP AND COLLABORATION

Collaboration between physicians and nurses is a fundamental element of a patient
safety and risk management program. The ability of physicians and nurses to work together as a
unified team is essential to improve outcomes, error and risk reduction, and optimum care.
The purpose of this study was determine the association between nurses communication skills and
nurse-physician relationship and collaboration in alborz hospital of karaj (1387).
Material and Method: This is a descriptive –correlative study that utilized convenience sampling. One
hundred nurses participated in this study. Data collected by a self report questionnaire. The
instruments used included: the sample selection and demographic data form, communication skills
questionnaire, nurse-doctor relationship questionnaire, and nurse-physician collaboration
questionnaire. Data were analysis by a descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, mean,
standard deviation and inferential statistics such as ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
Results: The finding indicated that a significant positive correlation was found between
communication skills with nurse-physician relationship (P<0.001) but a significant correlation was not
found between communication skills with nurse-physician collaboration. In Our study, identified staff
shortage (72%), government policies (52%), failure of communication skills (67%) is most effective
factors that effect on nurse-physician relationship.
Conclusion: Communication skills are weak in the most of nursing personeld. Their communications
with physicians were good