Part One - Literature Review Over the past few years, the shortage of nurses in America has become more of a growing concern in the healthcare field. ... The article written by Johnson and King (2012) strengthen the importance of a good RN-MD relationship by stating that collaboration between nurse and physician is essential in improving patient outcome and length of stay. ... There have been studies along the lines of the nurse-physician relationship that prove that the more the doctor and nurse know about each other, the better a team they become, hence delivering care of a higher qualit...

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