Literature Review Our group initially evaluated eleven peer-reviewed research articles from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Cochrane Library, and PubMed/CINAHL databases. The communication between male authoritarian physicians and female subservient nurses can result in two segmented groups at acute care hospitals (Ballou & Landreneau, 2010, p. 75). Using the qualitative ethnographic approach, Gardezi et al. (2009) analyzed at least 700 surgeries for two years and reported communication conflicts due to in knowledge and nurses’ gap at three Canadian hospitals. surgeons’ dominant authoritative power Nurses’ quiet/submissive communication had potential damaging impacts on patient safety (pp. 1394-1397). Hendel et that charge nurses were more likely to reduce conflicts using the al.’s (2007) study showed communication style when compared to physicians at five Israeli hospitals (p. “collaborative” 249). Literature review has revealed the negative effects of dysfunctional communications in acute care hospitals. Manojlovich and (2007) study showed that miscommunication DeCicco’s between physicians and nurses was statistically significant and positively associated with perceived medication mistakes among 462 intensive care nurses at eight Michigan hospitals (p. 452). Rosenstein and O'Daniel (2008) reported that physician-nurse disturbing behaviors (authoritarian communication, verbal insult, or disrespect) were likely to increase harmful consequences, such as medication errors and deaths (p. 464). Using the patients’ “Hamilton’s and of et al. (2012) investigated Anxiety Scale” “Stamp’s Index Work Satisfaction,” Karanikola the psychological and emotional health of 229 intensive care nurses at eleven hospitals in Greece; dissatisfaction in physician communication was statistically significant with increased stress levels (p. 41). nurses’
Literature Review Our group initially evaluated eleven peer-reviewed research articles from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Cochrane Library, and PubMed/CINAHL databases. The communication between male authoritarian physicians and female subservient nurses can result in two segmented groups at acute care hospitals (Ballou & Landreneau, 2010, p. 75). Using the qualitative ethnographic approach, Gardezi et al. (2009) analyzed at least 700 surgeries for two years and reported communication conflicts due to nurses’ gap in knowledge and surgeons’ dominant authoritative power at three Canadian hospitals. Nurses’ quiet/submissive communication had potential damaging impacts on patient safety (pp. 1394-1397). Hendel et al.’s (2007) study showed that charge nurses were more likely to reduce conflicts using the “collaborative” communication style when compared to physicians at five Israeli hospitals (p. 249). Literature review has revealed the negative effects of dysfunctional communications in acute care hospitals. Manojlovich and DeCicco’s (2007) study showed that miscommunication between physicians and nurses was statistically significant and positively associated with perceived medication mistakes among 462 intensive care nurses at eight Michigan hospitals (p. 452). Rosenstein and O'Daniel (2008) reported that physician-nurse disturbing behaviors (authoritarian communication, verbal insult, or disrespect) were likely to increase harmful consequences, such as medication errors and patients’ deaths (p. 464). Using the “Hamilton’s Anxiety Scale” and “Stamp’s Index of Work Satisfaction,” Karanikola et al. (2012) investigated the psychological and emotional health of 229 intensive care nurses at eleven hospitals in Greece; dissatisfaction in physician communication was statistically significant with increased nurses’ stress levels (p. 41).
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