RT - Journal Article T1 - Survey nurses’ collaboration in clinical decision making JF - gums-hnmj YR - 2011 JO - gums-hnmj VO - 21 IS - 2 UR - http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-182-en.html SP - 13 EP - 19 K1 - Cooperative Behavior K1 - Decision making K1 - Nursing Staff K1 - Hospital AB - Introduction: Nurses are the largest care delivering group. They have to judge in clinical ‎setting and by team work detect and solve patients’ problem in nursing function domains. ‎Collaboration in decision making helps this function. ‎ Objective: Present study aims to determine the level of nurses’ collaboration in clinical ‎decision making employed in educational health care centers in Rasht city. ‎ Methods: The population of this cross sectional study was nurses’ employed in educational ‎health care centers in Rasht city and ‎‏193‏‎ nurses were chosen by stratified random sampling. ‎They took part in this study by filling a two part questionnaire containing demographic data, ‎and collaboration in raising the issue and clarifying the problem in clinical decision making. ‎Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics such as c‏2‏‎ and Fisher exact test. ‎Data was analyzed using SPSS version‏16‏‎.‎ Result: In the view of most nurses their collaboration in clarifying the problem in clinical ‎decision was satisfactory.‎ Conclusion: Factors such as long working experience, high level of education and managerial ‎role can help increase nurses’ collaboration in raising the issue and clarifying the problem in ‎clinical decision making.‎ LA eng UL http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-182-en.html M3 ER -