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Nurse-physician collaboration: Solving the nursing shortage crisis

Journal of the American College of CardiologyPublished 1 December 1992
Suzanne Evans, Richard Carlson
Citations19
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score9.02
SNIP6.30

TL;DR

Collaboration among the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American College of Cardiology has provided a model for the multidisciplinary approach needed to address the ongoing nursing shortage.

Abstract

The current severe nursing shortage in the United States has many causes and its solution requires new strategies. Collaboration among the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has provided a model for the multidisciplinary approach needed. Nurse-physician collaboration is an important strategy to address the ongoing shortage.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance