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A nurse anesthetist is subordinate to the anesthesiologist and works with direction from the latter, but also functions as a nurse with all the responsibilities that belong to the nursing profession.1In accordance with the Norwegian Standard of Anesthesia, a nurse anesthetist has the competence to provide and maintain general anesthesia of functionally healthy patients and to collaborate in a team with an an-esthesiologist if the patient has more complex diseases. The nurse anesthetist can also independently observe patients undergoing regional anesthesia and/or sedation.2Nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists have many overlapping skills, and therefore the allocation of work tasks can be a source of conflict.3,4 A good team climate can, however, promote high efficiency and a sense ofwell-being among the team members.5 Managers of an-esthesia care teams have a particular responsibility for creating arenas where the team members can communi-cate with each other, and as a result patient safety and outcome can become optimal.4,6-9Because every workplace is an important arena for health promotion, it is important that managers have enough understanding and knowledge about factors that promote the health and well-being of their employees. This requires a holistic view of leadership, which may contribute to the satisfaction of subordinates in work situations, while a 1-sided focus on production may have negative effects on both psychological and physiological aspects of health.10 Feedback from managers may be an “energy releaser,” which is experienced as health promot-ing by the subordinates.11 Learning is another positive factor that improves the motivation of the employees and makes their work more challenging, manageable, and meaningful.11,12 Both feedback and learning are important for collaboration between professionals, and collaboration may also contribute to their work satisfaction.5Against this background, the aims of this study were to examine different work factors that nurse anesthetists perceived as health promoting in their workplace and to make them visible for the management of anesthesia workplaces. An additional aim was to indicate how a healthy work environment can be created in an anesthe-S74 AANA Journal n August 2012 n Vol. 80, No. 4 n Special Research Edition www.aana.com/aanajournalonlinesia workplace. The following research questions were for-mulated: What do nurse anesthetists perceive as health promoting in their work environment? How can manage-ment contribute to promote a healthy work environment from the point of view of the nurse anesthetist?