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Abstract
Evidence supports interprofessional bedside rounding as a method to improve communication and patient outcomes in inpatient healthcare settings (Blakeney et al., 2021). Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses have an integral role to play in these rounds, as they influence patient care, safety, and satisfaction and often maintain the most current information about patient status and concerns. Surgical Trauma ICU nurses in a large level one trauma center attend daily physician-led multidisciplinary teaching rounds, but their role as a passive participant led to dissatisfaction and concerns that suboptimal interprofessional communication might negatively impact patient outcomes.
Based on the work of Amour and DeHart (2020), the ICU nursing leadership team distributed a survey to assess nurse perceptions of communication with resident and attending physicians in the unit. This stemmed from a listening session with hospital leadership where nurses expressed they felt as though their opinions and concerns are often not heard by the physician team. Fifty-five percent of staff nurses completed the survey, which identified opportunities to improve teamwork, communication, and feelings of inclusion and value. This evidence-based practice project aims to enable nurses to lead daily collaborative interprofessional team rounds resulting in improved nurse/physician communication and increased nurse satisfaction with care team outcomes. (Costanzo, et al, 2019).
In response to survey results and cooperation of the physician team, the ICU shifted interprofessional bedside rounds to a nurse-led model. The nursing and medical teams collaborated to create a script for nurses to use to lead interprofessional rounds, placing nurses at the center of patient care. The project remains in progress, and a post intervention survey will measure improvements in the nurse-physician communication dynamic and nurse satisfaction with their role in the care team. Gormley et al. (2019) found improvements in patient experience scores following implementation of nurse-led rounding, and those will also be evaluated.
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Sigma Membership
Epsilon Zeta
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Nurse-led Rounds, Patient Rounds, Interprofessional Relations, Multidisciplinary Care Team, Intensive Care Units
Recommended Citation
Grose, Katherine Vandyke and Hoeve, Melanie Louise, "Nurse-Led Rounds to Improve Communication and Nursing Satisfaction in the Surgical Trauma ICU" (2026). Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE). 38.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/chwe/2024/presentations_2024/38
Conference Name
Creating Healthy Work Environments
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Year
2024
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Date of Issue
2026-02-13
Nurse-Led Rounds to Improve Communication and Nursing Satisfaction in the Surgical Trauma ICU
Washington, DC, USA
Evidence supports interprofessional bedside rounding as a method to improve communication and patient outcomes in inpatient healthcare settings (Blakeney et al., 2021). Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses have an integral role to play in these rounds, as they influence patient care, safety, and satisfaction and often maintain the most current information about patient status and concerns. Surgical Trauma ICU nurses in a large level one trauma center attend daily physician-led multidisciplinary teaching rounds, but their role as a passive participant led to dissatisfaction and concerns that suboptimal interprofessional communication might negatively impact patient outcomes.
Based on the work of Amour and DeHart (2020), the ICU nursing leadership team distributed a survey to assess nurse perceptions of communication with resident and attending physicians in the unit. This stemmed from a listening session with hospital leadership where nurses expressed they felt as though their opinions and concerns are often not heard by the physician team. Fifty-five percent of staff nurses completed the survey, which identified opportunities to improve teamwork, communication, and feelings of inclusion and value. This evidence-based practice project aims to enable nurses to lead daily collaborative interprofessional team rounds resulting in improved nurse/physician communication and increased nurse satisfaction with care team outcomes. (Costanzo, et al, 2019).
In response to survey results and cooperation of the physician team, the ICU shifted interprofessional bedside rounds to a nurse-led model. The nursing and medical teams collaborated to create a script for nurses to use to lead interprofessional rounds, placing nurses at the center of patient care. The project remains in progress, and a post intervention survey will measure improvements in the nurse-physician communication dynamic and nurse satisfaction with their role in the care team. Gormley et al. (2019) found improvements in patient experience scores following implementation of nurse-led rounding, and those will also be evaluated.
Description
Nurses are essential at the bedside of critical care patients. Their participation in team rounding is crucial for comprehensive patient care. The Surgical Trauma ICU at a Level 1 teaching facility plans to shift interprofessional rounds to a nurse-led model to improve nurse-physician communication, patient outcome, and satisfaction.