Challenging behaviours in interprofessional teamwork in the intensive care unit: a qualitative content analysis of focus group interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore interprofessional team members' experiences of teamwork at an intensive care unit.

Design

Qualitative content analysis of focus group interviews with members from the intensive care teams.

Setting

University hospital in Sweden.

Participants

In total, 31 participants were interviewed. Enrolled nurses (n=7), critical care registered nurses (n=16), and intensive care physicians (n=8) employed at an intensive care unit were divided into nine focus groups organised according to the profession.

Results

The overall theme, Balancing behaviour and knowledge in teamwork, emerged from the two categories of creating a safe atmosphere when working in an unknown environment and counteracting and mitigating destructive team dynamics. The theme cap

SUBMITTER: Jonsson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12083260 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature