<b>Cohesion challenges in a multicultural team in a hospital in Saudi Arabia</b>

The researcher opted to use a descriptive qualitative design, and the preferred data collection method was individual face-to-face interviews to explore and understand the participants’ perceptions of the cohesion challenges that their multicultural nursing team experienced. The researcher led the interviews with the open-ended question, <i>‘</i><i>What cohesion challenges does the multicultural nursing team of the cardiac centre experience, and what support should they get from management to overcome these challenges</i>?<i>’ </i>and also used probing questions that guided the participants’ responses to enable a deeper understanding of their experiences. The interviews were audio-recorded as permitted by the participants. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.<br>The following six categories with subcategories emerged:- Excluded from communication due to language barriersDifferences in practical experiences lead to alienationNurse managers struggling to meet the new staff needsAdvantages of multi-nationality nurses rejectedForeign nurses obliged to conformNurse managers struggling to promote unified teamwork<br>