who to contact if they needed help.
Further education and practical training in groups at the workplace provided them with tools and created understanding. A strong team with good knowledge and experience served as support and help for the midwives. It was vital that the team members had the will and ability to communicate and collaborate. Memos, care plans and routines provided midwives with a framework and guidelines. When leadership was visible, present and communicative, this confirmed the midwives and made them feel secure. The phenomenon became visible with the help of the constituents that emerged during the analysis process; an inherent sense of security, own knowledge and experience, team collaboration, and visible and clear leadership. In order to increase clarity, the constituents are described. Quotations from the participants have been included to exemplify and illustrate the statements.