Abstract
Background: poor nurse/ physician collaboration could result in job dissatisfaction, a lack ofautonomy, and higher possibility of intention to leave the job and poor health. The study aimed toidentify the relation between nurse/physician collaboration and professional nursing autonomy asperceived by nurses. A descriptive correlational design was utilized to conduct this study.Setting: This study conducted at critical care units at Benha University Hospital. The sample ofthis study included a convenient sample contain 277 nurses. Tool: Two tools were used for datacollection, the first tool: Nurse / physician collaboration scale, the second tool: Professional nursingautonomy scale. The study results: Showed that nearly two fifths (39, 4%) of nurses had lowperception level regarding nurse physician collaboration and more than two fifth (46, 9%) of themhad low perception level about professional nursing autonomy. The Conclusion: There was highlystatistical significant positive correlation between overall nurses' perception regardingnurse/physician collaboration and overall professional nursing autonomy .The studyrecommended that: There is a need for further studies that explain the important factors thathindering inter professional collaboration and its negative outcomes.
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