Nurses and Physicians Attitudes toward Nurse-Physician Collaboration: A Survey from Gaza Strip, Palestine
Table 3
JSAPNC individual item mean scores.
JSAPNC questions
Physicians
Nurses
Totals
Corrected item, total correlation
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
3
A nurse should be viewed as a collaborator and colleague with a physician rather than his/her assistant
3.55 (0.64)
3.74 (0.48)
3.69 (0.53)
0.45
5
Physicians should be educated to establish collaborative relationships with nurses (building collaborative relationship should be concerned by physician)
3.58 (0.53)
3.59 (0.52)
3.59 (0.52)
0.35
4
There are many overlapping areas of responsibility between physicians and nurses
3.01 (0.78)
3.15 (0.69)
3.11 (0.71)
0.26
7
Nurses should also have responsibility for monitoring the effects of medical treatment
3.09 (0.89)
3.33 (0.63)
3.27 (0.71)
0.42
12
Nurses should be involved in making policy decisions concerning the hospital support services upon which their work depends
3.27 (0.66)
3.54 (0.54)
3.48 (0.58)
0.54
11
Nurses should clarify a physician’s order when they feel that it might have the potential for detrimental effects on the patient
3.42 (0.63)
3.54 (0.55)
3.51 (0.57)
0.41
9
Nurses should be involved in making policy decisions affecting their working conditions
3.29 (0.52)
3.58 (0.56)
3.51 (0.56)
0.48
13
Nurses should be accountable to patients for the nursing care they provide
3.54 (0.59)
3.47 (0.53)
3.49 (0.55)
0.35
14
The primary function of the nurse is to carry out the physician’s orders
2.43 (0.87)
3.27 (0.79)
3.07 (0.88)
0.62
15
Doctors should be the dominant authority in all health care matters
2.07 (0.93)
3.39 (0.76)
3.07 (0.98)
0.68
6
Physicians and nurses should contribute to decisions regarding the hospital discharge of patients
2.31 (0.81)
3.21 (0.71)
2.99 (0.83)
0.61
2
Interprofessional relationships between physicians and nurses should be included in their educational programs
3.37 (0.61)
3.43 (0.52)
3.41 (0.54)
0.37
1
During their education, medical and nursing students should be involved in teamwork in order to understand their respective roles
2.96 (0.9)
3.33 (0.64)
3.24 (0.73)
0.43
10
Nurses have special expertise in patient education and psychological counseling (nurses have special expertise in patient education and psychological support)
2.74 (0.77)
3.26 (0.69)
3.14 (0.74)
0.58
8
Nurses are qualified to assess and respond to psychological aspects of patients’ needs
2.62 (0.88)
3.07 (0.74)
2.96 (0.80)
0.57
Paraphrased sentence and adapted to Palestinian culture.
