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Abstract 

Background: The operating team consists of various professions that possess unique skills and knowledge that are needed for patient-safe care. The anesthesia nurse and anesthesiologist have an important role in the team, they need to work together and use their knowledge and skills to maintain patient safety. Work environment, sense of community, effective communication and hierarchical structures were considered to be the factors that had the greatest impact on this international collaboration.

Aim: The purpose of the study is to investigate the anesthesia nurse's experience of collaboration with anesthesiologist in the intraoperative stage.

Methods: The study was conducted as a qualitative interview study with semi-structured questions. The data collection took place in two operating departments in Stockholm, where 10 anesthesia nurses were interviewed. The analysis was carried out according to Lindgren et al. (2020) description for qualitative content analysis.

Results: Four categories were identified. The categories were: Sense of security in the professional role facilitates with subcategories the importance of professional experience and feeling trust in collaboration. When cooperation fails with subcategories of not being listened to and lack of trust. The effect of interpersonal relationships with subcategories personal chemistry in collaboration and handling conflicts. The impact of clarity on the working process with subcategories clear dialogue facilitates and having a clear division of labor.

Conclusions: The cooperation in the team is important as the intraoperative environment is complicated. The results shows that good communication, planning, trust and respect for each other’s professional competencies promotes teamwork and thereby increases patient safety.