Staff Nurses` Perception of Inter-Professional Collaboration versus Patient Safety Climate

Abstract

Inter-professional collaboration (IPC) has been considered as one of the best strategies for health care systems which provide clear benefits, such as decreasing waiting time, managing conflict, improving healthcare in rural areas, improving chronic disease management, and providing a healthy workplace environment to improve outcomes. Inter-professional collaboration also improve the effectiveness and efficiency of practice, and also improves patient outcomes. Patient safety climate refers to the shared perceptions of healthcare professionals on particular aspects within the organization’s culture in relation to patient care and patient safety The aim of patient safety climate is to avoid adverse outcomes or reduce possible harm to patients, resulting from the process of healthcare delivery. There are many factors can shape and support nurses’ perceptions of safety climate such as interdisciplinary, interdepartmental, peer, and supervisory communication. Therefore, healthcare professionals should continually modify their collaborative processes to make the patient safety climate more efficient and improve patient outcomes.Effec