Nurse–physician teamwork in the emergency department: impact on perceptions of job environment, autonomy, and control over practice.

David O. Ajeigbe; Donna McNeese-Smith; Linda Searle Leach; Linda R. Phillips

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Nurse–physician teamwork in the emergency department: impact on perceptions of job environment, autonomy, and control over practice.

May 8, 2013

Ajeigbe DO, McNeese-Smith D, Leach LS, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2013;43(3):142-8.

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Emergency department (ED) nurses and physicians who had previously undergone teamwork training had a more positive perception of their overall job environment compared with staff in a similar ED who had not participated in teamwork training.

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