Physician and nurse practitioner roles in emergency, trauma, critical, and intensive care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The delivery of emergency, trauma, critical, and intensive care services requires coordination among all members of the care team. Perceived teamwork and role clarity may vary among physicians (MDs) and nurse practitioners (NPs).

Purpose

To examine differences in perceived roles and responsibilities of NPs and MDs practicing in emergency, trauma, critical, and intensive care.

Methods

Secondary Analysis of the National Survey of Emergency, Intensive, and Critical Care Nurse Practitioners and Physicians, a cross-sectional national survey of clinicians. Mail survey of randomly selected stratified cross-sectional samples of MDs and NPs drawn from national lists of clinicians in eligible specialties working in emergency, trauma, intensive, and critical care unit

SUBMITTER: Donelan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7241342 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature