ArticleBMC nursing2025
Intensive care nurses' experiences of teamwork during the covid-19 pandemic. a qualitative study.
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- Experiences of team collaboration among intensive care nurses during COVID-19: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Factors Influencing the Attractiveness of Intensive Care Nursing: Nurses' Perspectives and Psychological Implications.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Evaluation of intensive care nurses' attitudes toward the importance of care-focused nurse-patient interaction and associated factors.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The effect of a structured orientation program on teamwork attitudes and nurse outcomes among novice nurses.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Critical care nurses role and scope of practice during a global crisis: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTeamwork 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.
methodsIndividual 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.
resultsThe intensive and critical care nurses' experiences during the first 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic captured chronological and conceptual commonalities, which were represented in three themes, "Losing the security of the ICU team", "Having time to adapt and finding structure for collaborative work", and "Gaining professional growth through adapting collaborative work to contextual challenges".
conclusionLosing the security of the intensive care unit team, having to adapt to constant changes, and the need to provide care to an increased number of critically ill patients led to a sense of being left to manage on their own. The intensive care unit nurses missed the interprofessional collaboration that had previously been a core part of their professional role. The adaptability and willingness to find solutions helped nurses regain control, manage the challenges they faced and find new ways to collaborate. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: Not applicable.
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