Teamwork in nursing: essential elements for practice

Nurs Manag (Harrow). 2019 Jul 29;26(4):36-43. doi: 10.7748/nm.2019.e1850.

Abstract

As any nurse working in the NHS knows, teamwork can be powerful. Successful teamwork can make a huge workload of unmanageable tasks manageable. However, unsuccessful teamwork can leave people struggling to cope. This article explores readers' knowledge and skills related to teamwork and provides them with new skills and techniques to improve practice.

Keywords: communication; leadership; professional issues; staff welfare; teamwork; workforce; workload.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Nursing Staff / psychology*
  • Nursing, Team / organization & administration*
  • State Medicine
  • United Kingdom