Organizing and Coordinating CareParticipants described the importance of collegialrelationships in either enabling or restricting theirability to organize and coordinate care for laboringwomen. Because the work of intrapartum nursesoccurs within teams, coordination and organizationare necessary for these nurses to be capableof identifying and meeting their moral responsibilitiesto their patients. When responsibilities werenot clear and expectations differed, the result wasa culture within the unit of blame, anger, hurt, andmisunderstanding that also compromised care.Knowledge sharing, including being clear aboutthe extent of their knowledge, admitting when theydid not know something and seeking out help asrequired, were key elements of effective relationshipsfor some nurses. The supportive functionof the nursing team was evident in this nurse’s descriptionof her experience with two different teamson the same nursing unit: