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Abstract
Healthcare delivery system today challenges all of healthcare contributors to provide patients with that are efficient, effective, saving time and cost for both patients and healthcare delivery systems, and also to be easily accessible. Nurse/physician collaboration is defined as actions related to information sharing about patients, contributing in decision-making related to patient care, and providing complete patient-centered perspective care. Three key factors form nurse/physician collaboration; joint participation in the cure/care decision-making process, sharing information of the patient, and degree of cooperation. Collaboration has been promoting as one of the best approaches for healthcare systems to adopt when trying to progress the outcomes. the aim of this study assessing the perception of nurses and physicians about the importance of their collaboration in the work
• A descriptive research design was utilized in the current study. The study sample included One hundred of nurses and fifty of physicians in four critical care units, plus medical and surgical departments at Beni-Suef University Hospital were included in the current study. The required data were collected through the utilization of two parts part one socio-demographic questionnaire and part two collaboration perception scale for physicians and nurses. The result of the current study revealed that all of studied physicians had suboptimal perception regarding nurse/physician collaboration, more than three quarters of nurses had suboptimal perceptions regarding nurse/physician collaboration. There was a highly significant relation between the mean score of collaboration perception scale for physicians and collaboration perception scale for nurses at p < 0.01. Recommendations: encourage inter-professional collaboration in healthcare institutions by managers and administrators and all healthcare team members’ .clear job description for all categories of nurses and physicians