• Randi Ballangrud, Marie Louise Hall-Lord, Mona Persenius, and Birgitta Hedelin.
• Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Karlstad University, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden; Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing, Gjøvik University College, Teknologivn. 22, 2815 Gjøvik, Norway. Electronic address: randi.ballangrud@hig.no.
• Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2014 Aug 1; 30 (4): 179-87.

ObjectivesTo describe intensive care nurses' perceptions of simulation-based team training for building patient safety in intensive care.BackgroundFailures in team processes are found to be contributory factors to incidents in an intensive care environment. Simulation-based training is recommended as a method to make health-care personnel aware of the importance of team working and to improve their competencies.DesignThe study uses a qualitative descriptive design.MethodsIndividual qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 intensive care nurses from May to December 2009, all of which had attended a simulation-based team training programme. The interviews were analysed by qualitative content analysis.ResultsOne main category emerged to illuminate the intensive care nurse perception: "training increases awareness of clinical practice and acknowledges the importance of structured work in teams". Three generic categories were found: "realistic training contributes to safe care", "reflection and openness motivates learning" and "finding a common understanding of team performance".ConclusionsSimulation-based team training makes intensive care nurses more prepared to care for severely ill patients. Team training creates a common understanding of how to work in teams with regard to patient safety.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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