Organizational silence among nurses and physicians in public hospitals

ConclusionsThe results of this study should be considered by physicians and nurses to realise and improve themselves. Also decision makers and managers of public hospitals might evaluate and remove organizational and communicative barriers to employees’ contributions to their organizations based on these results.
Relevance to clinical practicePhysicians and nurses are responsible for the fulfilment of highly important tasks for their organizations. Their contributions help their organizations remain competitive, improve the health services, ensure and sustain patient safety. Hence, these results will provide information to facilitate an understanding of the topics, causes and consequences of organizational silence among physicians and nurses, two key healthcare professions, and will be helpful in the development of medical and nursing human resources in clinical settings.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - February 4, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Arzu Seren Kader Harmanci, İbrahim Topçu, Feride Eşkin Bacaksiz, Nihal Ünaldi, Emine Tokgöz Ekicİ, Aytolan Yildirim Tags: Original Article Source Type: research