Impact of surgical intensive care unit interdisciplinary rounds on interprofessional collaboration and quality of care: Mixed qualitative –quantitative study

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is a cornerstone of effective health care delivery in today ’s dynamic environment of inpatient hospital care. It plays an even greater role in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting, where nurses, physicians and other health care professionals work more closely together than in other inpatient areas. Numerous reports in the medical literature suggest that collaborative practice in intensive care units is essential to reducing patient morbidity/mortality and improving patient outcomes (Baggs et al., 1999; Boyle and Kochinda, 2004; Costa et al., 2014).
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Clinical research article Source Type: research