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Challenges increased with COVID\u201019, possibly affecting safe nursing care and the psychosocial work environment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A descriptive qualitative design was chosen and data were collected through group interviews from nurses in their first year as newly graduated nurses (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200915) in the middle of Sweden. Semi\u2010structured interviews were conducted digitally, and inductive thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The experiences of newly graduated nurses were summarized along two themes:\n                      <jats:italic>Own responsibility from start<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Challenges lead to professional development<\/jats:italic>\n                      . The participants described how they initially had to take full responsibility for patient's care. They described feelings of inadequacy and uncertainty in relation to safe nursing care and highlighted a lack of support from more experienced colleagues. They had to take their own initiative more, conduct complex caregiving, and had the opportunity to share experiences with other professions. The pandemic contributed to increased demands on their own responsibility for patient's care. Experiences were both positive and negative, and different challenges led to professional development.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Newly graduated nurses felt that challenges and responsibility led to their development in the profession. 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