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Table 2 Examples of the analytic approach

From: Palliative care in the community – the role of the resource nurse, a qualitative study

Excerpt of meaning unit

Codes

Code group *Condensed unit

Description

A physician examines the medical data and says “now we have to (transfer the patient to the

hospital)”. If you have weight and experience to say that you disagree

with that decision, then you will get a discussion where the physician must do a (re-)

consideration. But if you don’t have the knowledge, you don’t have the experience, you don’t

have the guts, then maybe there won’t be any (discussion).

Cooperation with the physician

Expressing and tolerating differences of opinion

Showing courage

The importance of collaboration in the palliative care team

* The ballast of knowledge, experience and guts gives confidence to speak up against decisions you can’t agree with. Then you can be ready to discuss them with someone with a higher rank than you.

The resource nurse shows courage in interprofessional collaboration, applies her competence and presents arguments.