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H V Coeling

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PubMed1994

Steps to collaboration.

Although collaboration is a much sought-after goal among health care professionals, minimal research has clarified the essential communication elements (behaviors) necessary for collaboration. This series of research studies, grounded in the pragmatic perspective, represents a beginning attempt to identify these behaviors. A total of 270 practicing physicians and nurses responded to open-ended questions and/or a survey assessing the communication elements of content; relationship (aggressive, affirming, and collaborative styles); and opportunity to communicate. Findings suggest elements necessary for collaboration include reliable presentation of relevant data, openness to information presented, and adequate time to communicate. Differences were noted between nurses and physicians as to the relative importance of these behaviors.

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PubMed1993

Facilitating innovation at the unit level through cultural assessment, Part 2: Adapting managerial ideas to the unit work group.

The culture of an organization is a powerful force to contend with in transforming a healthcare system. Culture can either drive or restrain innovation: sometimes cultural values support innovation; but culture can restrain innovation when there is conflict between the culture and the innovation. Part 1 of this series (April 1993) examined the concept of organizational culture fail to materialize when the work group culture is not considered while implementing change. This article uses research data to illustrate a five-step cultural innovation process. The creative nursing unit manager can use the process to implement a variety of practice patterns to help the healthcare organization remain competitive and increase the quality of its care. These practice patterns include team nursing, primary nursing, case management, managed care, patient-centered care, assistive personnel, and computer-assisted care.

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PubMed1991

Professional recognition and high-quality patient care through collaboration: two sides of the same coin.

Today's health care professionals frequently confront problems that lack a single right answer. Differing answers often result in interprofessional conflict. For example, nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists may have different goals and responses in a cardiac arrest situation. Strategies to enhance nursing's unique contribution to these decisions and to facilitate collaboration among all the professionals are presented.

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Understanding work group culture on rehabilitation units: the key to facilitating group innovation and promoting integration.

Understanding work group culture is essential for the smooth running of today's complex rehabilitation units. Failure to understand a unit's culture can impede necessary care delivery innovations and impair group integration. This article describes the phenomenon of work group culture and offers suggestions for assessing and understanding a given unit's culture. It also illustrates how an understanding of work group culture can facilitate innovation by reframing and tailoring a change and can promote integration by helping nurses adjust to a new unit.

Diffusion of Innovation↗