title: Nurse collaboration in community and psychiatric care: a Swedish study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to examine registered nurses' (RNs) experiences of collaboration in the community health care and psychiatric inpatient care systems.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  RNs in one area in the west of Sweden have indicated the need for collaborative routines between the community health care and psychiatric inpatient care systems.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative content analysis of focus group interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RNs felt the web-based health-care communication programme was a major obstacle to the development of a collaboration plan. The poor collaboration between RNs was due to the absence of knowledge about the duties of each nursing team.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings contribute to the understanding of the barriers to collaboration between RNs in community health care and psychiatric inpatient care, and highlight the need for nurse managers to ensure well-functioning routines.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Nurse in Public Health 2014, Primary Health Care in Sollebrunn, Alingsås.
authors.forename: Linnéa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brändström
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mazaz
authors.forename: Ingela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berggren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Collaboration; Community health care; Psychiatric inpatient care; Registered nurses; Routines