Intensive care nurses' experiences of teamwork during the covid-19 pandemic. a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teamwork is a core competence for all health care professionals and quality of care is a vital outcome. The pandemic backdrop of 2020-2022 led to initial chaos and adaptation of the nurses' roles and responsibilities in the intensive care unit. Therefore, the purpose was to describe the intensive care nurses' experiences of working in teams during the Covid-19 pandemic and discussing the results through the lens of transitiontheory.

Methods

Individual and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 intensive care nurses. The interview transcripts were analysed using Braun & Clarke's six-step inductive thematic analysis.

Results

The intensive and critical care nurses' experiences during the first 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic captured chronologica

SUBMITTER: Eckerblad J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771016 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature