Timely identifying changing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care needs
is crucial. Physicians are responsible for treatment decision making, but in nursing
homes, nurses see residents more frequently and may be best positioned to identify
changes.
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Ineffective nurse-physician communication is associated with patient safety and outcomes.
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Published online: October 24, 2021
Footnotes
Jenny T. van der Steen and Esmée A. Jongen share equal first authorship.
This study was funded by the ZonMw, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, project number 844001306 and the Department of Public Health and Primary Care of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands. The sponsor of the study, LUMC, had no role in the design, methods, subject recruitment, data collections, analysis, and preparation of this letter.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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