Research Article

The Meaning of Collaboration, from the Perspective of Iranian Nurses: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

The process of obtaining theme from categories, subcategories, and codes.

Codes Subcategories Categories Theme

Mutual Understanding, the necessity of colleagues understanding, put yourself in the shoes of others (colleagues, patient and their family), and understanding the difficult situation of the patient Understanding    Prerequisites of collaboration Collaboration
Sensible and logical friendship, the togetherness in the workplace and outside the workplace, and working together with each other Friendship and sincerity   
Lack of commitment and not doing the patient work, commitment to the job, and responsibility and accountability for maintaining the group’s ethical and legal commitment Commitment and accountability   
Mutual satisfaction for helping each other, the necessity of satisfaction for accepting others help, and satisfaction as a reason to work together Satisfaction   
Belief in the teamwork, togetherness, sacrifice, and devotion to keep the group Team making 
Good communication matron, communicate with a new person, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, and correct and respectful communication with colleagues Communication 
Trust together in helping each other, escrow things together and make sure they are done right, and trust is based on knowledge and practice Trust 
Interpersonal respect: respect for other colleagues and respect for the patientRespect
Prioritize tasks and help others to help in getting things done, help each other to do extra work, job sharing, the need for mutual collaboration, and meet the mutual expectations, interchange PragmatismThe implementation of collaboration
In critically ill patient, help others according to the difficult conditions of the partner, share the tasks performed by the partner, the type of care, and patient needs, share knowledge, expertise, and experienceJoint decision-making
Emphasize the treatment of patient, improve the patient improvement, do the patient care and avoid problems and errors, providing patient safety,
the patient is important for me, patient health is the first priority
Client centeredAchieving a common goal