TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of professional and team commitment in nurse-physician collaboration
T2 - A dual identity model perspective
AU - Caricati, Luca
AU - Guberti, Monica
AU - Borgognoni, Patrizia
AU - Prandi, Carmen
AU - Spaggiari, Ivana
AU - Vezzani, Emanuela
AU - Iemmi, Marina
PY - 2015/8/28
Y1 - 2015/8/28
N2 - Nurse-physician collaboration involves healthcare operators from different professions working together. The dual identity model predicts that nurse-physician interprofessional collaboration could improve if these operators feel they belong to both their professional category and care unit. This study tested this prediction by analyzing the effect of professional and team commitments on interprofessional collaboration between nurses and physicians in a hospital based in Northern Italy. A cross-section questionnaire survey was administered to 270 nurses and 95 physicians. Results indicate that interprofessional collaboration is positively affected by team commitment, while professional commitment had no effect. In accordance with the dual identity model, results indicate that interprofessional collaboration is higher when: (i) both professional and team commitment is high, and (ii) when team commitment is high and professional commitment is low. These results support dual identity model predictions and suggest that interprofessional collaboration can be increased by bolstering both team and professional commitment of nurses and physicians.
AB - Nurse-physician collaboration involves healthcare operators from different professions working together. The dual identity model predicts that nurse-physician interprofessional collaboration could improve if these operators feel they belong to both their professional category and care unit. This study tested this prediction by analyzing the effect of professional and team commitments on interprofessional collaboration between nurses and physicians in a hospital based in Northern Italy. A cross-section questionnaire survey was administered to 270 nurses and 95 physicians. Results indicate that interprofessional collaboration is positively affected by team commitment, while professional commitment had no effect. In accordance with the dual identity model, results indicate that interprofessional collaboration is higher when: (i) both professional and team commitment is high, and (ii) when team commitment is high and professional commitment is low. These results support dual identity model predictions and suggest that interprofessional collaboration can be increased by bolstering both team and professional commitment of nurses and physicians.
KW - Dual identity model
KW - Interprofessional collaboration
KW - Professional commitment
KW - Team commitment
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U2 - 10.3109/13561820.2015.1016603
DO - 10.3109/13561820.2015.1016603
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84943587610
VL - 29
SP - 464
EP - 468
JO - Journal of Interprofessional Care
JF - Journal of Interprofessional Care
SN - 1356-1820
IS - 5
ER -