Assertion Practices and Beliefs Among Nurses and Physicians on an Inpatient Pediatric Medical Unit.

摘要

Interpersonal relationships, power dynamics, and organizational factors impact care team providers' willingness to assert in the inpatient setting. Standardized communication tools are effective. Further development and implementation of communication models that support experience, peer reliance, and direct face-to-face communication are warranted to improve assertion communication in the inpatient setting