Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study
Abstract Background There has been little research regarding nursing teamwork, despite its important role in multidisciplinary teamwork in healthcare settings and its significance in ensuring high-quality nursing care. This study aimed to determine the teamwork levels of Korean nurses and examine th...
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| description | Abstract Background There has been little research regarding nursing teamwork, despite its important role in multidisciplinary teamwork in healthcare settings and its significance in ensuring high-quality nursing care. This study aimed to determine the teamwork levels of Korean nurses and examine the relationship between nursing teamwork and patient-centered care while controlling for other individual and work-related factors. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of online survey data. The study population consisted of 992 Korean registered nurses employed in hospitals who had a minimum of six months of clinical experience. We performed latent profile analysis to identify latent teamwork subgroups based on response patterns. We performed analysis of variance and Chi-square tests to examine differences in individual and work-related characteristics according to teamwork group. We used multiple linear regression to investigate how nursing teamwork could affect patient-centered care after controlling for covariates. Results We identified three nursing teamwork subgroups: low, mid, and high. Nurses with a higher level of teamwork in their units tended to work fewer hours with more adequate staffing (F = 5.88, p = 0.003 for working hours; F = 7.68, p < 0.001 for staffing adequacy). There was a significant positive association between nursing teamwork and patient-centered care after controlling for personal and work-related characteristics. Compared with low teamwork, mid and high teamwork increased patient-centered care scores by 0.32 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.23–0.40) and 0.57 (95% CI = 0.48–0.66), respectively. Conclusion Our findings indicate that enhancing nursing teamwork can serve as an effective strategy for promoting patient-centered care. Providing nurse education and training to equip nurses with the necessary knowledge and skills for effective teamwork is a crucial step. Additionally, fostering management commitment to create a supportive working environment, including adequate staffing, can facilitate improved nursing teamwork and, subsequently, patient-centered care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1be4a5e054924023a0e38479fe2e64f62023-11-19T12:51:31ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552023-11-012211810.1186/s12912-023-01592-3Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional studyHyang Baek0Kihye Han1Hyeonmi Cho2Jieun Ju3School of Nursing, University of MarylandCollege of Nursing, Chung-Ang UniversityMo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei UniversityGraduate School, Chung-Ang UniversityAbstract Background There has been little research regarding nursing teamwork, despite its important role in multidisciplinary teamwork in healthcare settings and its significance in ensuring high-quality nursing care. This study aimed to determine the teamwork levels of Korean nurses and examine the relationship between nursing teamwork and patient-centered care while controlling for other individual and work-related factors. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of online survey data. The study population consisted of 992 Korean registered nurses employed in hospitals who had a minimum of six months of clinical experience. We performed latent profile analysis to identify latent teamwork subgroups based on response patterns. We performed analysis of variance and Chi-square tests to examine differences in individual and work-related characteristics according to teamwork group. We used multiple linear regression to investigate how nursing teamwork could affect patient-centered care after controlling for covariates. Results We identified three nursing teamwork subgroups: low, mid, and high. Nurses with a higher level of teamwork in their units tended to work fewer hours with more adequate staffing (F = 5.88, p = 0.003 for working hours; F = 7.68, p < 0.001 for staffing adequacy). There was a significant positive association between nursing teamwork and patient-centered care after controlling for personal and work-related characteristics. Compared with low teamwork, mid and high teamwork increased patient-centered care scores by 0.32 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.23–0.40) and 0.57 (95% CI = 0.48–0.66), respectively. Conclusion Our findings indicate that enhancing nursing teamwork can serve as an effective strategy for promoting patient-centered care. Providing nurse education and training to equip nurses with the necessary knowledge and skills for effective teamwork is a crucial step. Additionally, fostering management commitment to create a supportive working environment, including adequate staffing, can facilitate improved nursing teamwork and, subsequently, patient-centered care.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01592-3Latent profile analysisNurse staffingNursing teamworkPatient-centered careWork environment |
| spellingShingle | Hyang Baek Kihye Han Hyeonmi Cho Jieun Ju Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study BMC Nursing Latent profile analysis Nurse staffing Nursing teamwork Patient-centered care Work environment |
| title | Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient-centered care: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | nursing teamwork is essential in promoting patient centered care a cross sectional study |
| topic | Latent profile analysis Nurse staffing Nursing teamwork Patient-centered care Work environment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01592-3 |
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