Marilyn Oermann, Susan Silva, and  Duke University Hospital (DUH) leaders Pamela Edwards, Jean Rea, Ellen Hegarty, Judy Prewitt, David Turner, and Stephen DeMeo recently published an article entitled "Effect of Peer-to-Peer Nurse-Physician Collaboration on Attitudes Toward the Nurse-Physician Relationship" in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. Other authors include Alisa Nagler with Duke School of Medicine and Mariah Rudd for Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

Abstract: The goal of this study was to pilot a novel peer-to-peer nurseYphysician collaboration program and assess for changes in attitudes toward collaboration among a group of newly licensed nurses and resident physicians (n = 39). The program included large group meetings,with discussion of key concepts related to interprofessional collaboration. In unit-based teams, the registered nurses and physicians developed a quality improvement project to meet a need on their unit.