The physician has the duty to obtain a patient’s informed consent for surgery. This duty does not apply to a hospital, even if the surgeon uses one of the hospital’s operating rooms. A doctor’s nurse does not have the legal duty to obtain a patient’s informed consent for surgery. If a nurse assists in a procedure where informed consent has not been given, the physician, but not the nurse, can b...

"Good" relationships between nurses and physicians are important to high-quality patient care. Five different types of nurse-physician relationships exist on clinical units. What are the differences in the nurse-physician climate between magnet and comparison hospitals? What are the organizational structures and best leadership practices that help nurses develop collegial and collaborative rela...

Collaboration, by definition, is a joint and cooperative enterprise that integrates the individual perspectives and expertise of various team members. Some commonly identified themes of collaborative relationships include collegiality, teamwork, open communication, recognition of one another’s expertise, and a strong level of trust and respect. However, the development of an individual collabor...

Introduction Nurses and physicians are 2 key players in a well-functioning high quality healthcare system. The relationship between these two professions is continuously evolving. Combining the social identity theory (SIT) self-categorization theory, this review explores physician-nurse from perspective. Methods Screening of PubMed, Web Science, Cinahl Cochrane Library on keywords ‘Physician’, ...

BACKGROUND Hepatology and gastroenterology services are increasingly utilising the skills and experience of nurse practitioners and nurse specialists to help meet the increasing demand for healthcare. A new nurse-led assessment clinic has been established in the liver clinic at Geelong Hospital to utilise the expertise of nurses to assess and triage new patients and streamline their pathway thr...

Because managed care is likely to feature prominently in a reformed health care system, policymakers need to examine the impact managed care will have on medical practice, physician supply, and access to primary care providers. Goals for work-force reform should focus on five areas: (1) training physicians in the generalist disciplines of family practice, general internal medicine, and general ...

ILLUSTRATIVE CASE An elderly patient develops acute pulmonary edema. The junior resident physician and nurse are providing urgent care. The physician asks for 2 mg of morphine to be given intravenously. The nurse selects a 10 mg ampoule, draws up the 10 mg dose, and gives it to the physician. The junior resident physician injects the entire dose. The patient quickly loses consciousness and deve...