Teamwork in home care nursing : A scoping literature review
Larsson, Roger LU
; Erlingsdóttir, Gudbjörg
LU
; Persson, Johanna
LU
and Rydenfält, Christofer
LU
(2022)
In Health and Social Care in the Community
30(6).
p.3309-3327
- Abstract
Due to an increased number of complex multi- and long-term ill patients, healthcare and nursing provided in patients' homes are expected to grow. Teamwork is important in order to provide effective and safe care. As care becomes more complex, the need for teamwork in home care nursing increases. However, the literature on teamwork in the patients' home environment is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the scope of the current literature on teamwork in home care nursing and outline needs for future research. Seven electronic databases were systematically searched and 798 articles were identified and screened. Seventy articles remained and were assessed for eligibility by two of the authors. Eight themes were identified among... (More)
Due to an increased number of complex multi- and long-term ill patients, healthcare and nursing provided in patients' homes are expected to grow. Teamwork is important in order to provide effective and safe care. As care becomes more complex, the need for teamwork in home care nursing increases. However, the literature on teamwork in the patients' home environment is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the scope of the current literature on teamwork in home care nursing and outline needs for future research. Seven electronic databases were systematically searched and 798 articles were identified and screened. Seventy articles remained and were assessed for eligibility by two of the authors. Eight themes were identified among the 32 articles that met the inclusion criteria. Studies concerned with teamwork regarding isolated tasks/problems and specific teamwork characteristics were most common. Methods were predominantly qualitative. Multiple method approaches and ethnographic field studies were rare. Descriptions of the context were often lacking. The terms ‘team’ and ‘teamwork’ were inconsistently used and not always defined. However, it is apparent that teamwork is important and home care nurses play a crucial role in the team, acting as the link between professionals, the patient and their families. Future studies need to pay more attention to the context and be more explicit about how the terms team and teamwork are defined and used. More research is also needed regarding necessary team skills, effects of teamwork on the work environment and technology-mediated teamwork.
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- author
- Larsson, Roger
LU
; Erlingsdóttir, Gudbjörg
LU
; Persson, Johanna
LU
and Rydenfält, Christofer
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-11
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- home care, home care nursing, home healthcare, literature review, nursing, teamwork
- in
- Health and Social Care in the Community
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 19 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- pmid:35862714
- scopus:85134473202
- ISSN
- 0966-0410
- DOI
- 10.1111/hsc.13910
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Health and Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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