Interview Procedure
The first author conducted the interviews. Seven of the nurses were interviewed at their respective working places (available office/meeting room in or outside the ward, one interview was conducted in a vacant patient room), and one of the participants was interviewed in a meeting room not located at the hospital. The interviews lasted from 48 minutes to 1 hour and 22 minutes. A semi-structured interview guide was used as a tool to obtain detailed descriptions of the nurses' caring experi- ences, including both good interactions with suicidal patients and chal- lenging experiences involving suicidal acts and suicide among patients. Main questions were: How do you experience working in a psychiatric ward? How do you experience meetings with suicidal patients? Can you describe a situation where you did/did not achieve a good relationship with a suicidal patient? Have you experienced that a patient have attempted suicide or taken his/her life? Can you describe your experiences with regard to that? All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim.