Nurses’ experiences with home nursing care teams – a qualitative study

Results: Three main themes were identified: 1 Task shifting meant predictability, but increased responsibility, 2 Clearly defining nursing tasks led to better utilisation of expertise but also fragmented nursing care services, and 3 Lack of leadership and organisation created challenges in collaboration. Conclusion:The nursing team model led to predictability in the allocation of tasks, but also an increased burden of responsibility for the nurses in the team.Nurses' expertise was better utilised because tasks were more clearly defined.However, the task shifting also resulted in fragmented nursing care services.Patient contact and the nurses' ability to provide comprehensive care were adversely affected.A lack of leadership and organisation also made collaboration more difficult.Results