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The participants reported that collaboration was mostly de-pendent on the personality of the individuals involved. They described their work situation as independent but also lonely, a demanding setting in which they had to take care of patient safety and simultaneously deal with the demands for effectiveness.Collaboration in teams and support from their own profession were important factors of well-being and satis-faction for the nurse anesthetists. In addition, collabora-tion was regarded as a condition to achieve good-quality patient care. In a collaborative context, it was important to have feedback concerning work performance as well as opportunities to discuss professional problems. The opportunities for discussions, however, depended on the time schedule and the physical environment.• Management as Organizer of Conditions. First among the categories is Management as organizer of con-View of health Physiological and Management as psychological needs organizer ofWorkplace adaptation condition Collaboration Variations and for better or worse−the fate unpredictability Well-being in an of nurse Teamwork anesthetists in operating theater the workplace Appreciation Scope of practice Clarity of rol Direction -. Results of Analysis: Core Category, Categories, and Subcategoriesditions. In the interviews, management was described mostly in connection with managers of anesthesia care teams. Despite the fact that in Norway these managers— the chief nurse anesthetist and the chief anesthesiolo-gist—are not present in the operating room, the nurse anesthetists perceived that the managers determined the working conditions. Different aspects of this category are described in 3 subcategories: View of health, Physiological and psychological needs, and Workplace adaptation.• View of Health. The nurse anesthetist profes-sion was described as demanding and with a health-promoting perspective as a necessary condition for practice. However, participants experienced that manag-ers showed little interest in initiating health-promoting activities, neither physical activity nor any other health-promoting activities.