Poor Communication Between Physicians and Nurses Linked to Patient Catheter Issues

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Communication is contextual, and improving physician-nurse communication about appropriate catheter use may require innovations that address the identified contextual barriers. Several barriers to communication between physicians and nurses contributed to inappropriate use and delayed removal of catheters.

Workflow misalignment between clinicians was a barrier associated with organizational complexity, issues with electronic medical records and pagers were associated with cognitive complexity, and strained relationships between clinicians and rigid hierarchies were associated with social complexity.

Individual and small-group semistructured interviews were conducted with physicians and nurses in a progressive care unit of an academic hospital.

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