Sampling
The participants were selected using theoretical sampling
until theoretical saturation was achieved
The demographics of participants were
presented in Table 1. The sample consisted of two groups.
Group one comprised community nurses and included 18
PHNs and 11 HHNs. To enhance the transfer value of the
sample, PHNs were drawn from three different administrative
areas: two principal cities (Taipei and Kaohsiung) and
areas covering smaller towns/cities spread across Taiwan.
HHN participants were sought from Northern, Central
and Southern Taiwan. The HHNs in the southern area
were not willing to participate fully in the study as they felt
their working regarding the home care were the same with
Northern and Central Taiwan; however, there were still
some data obtained from some of southern area by phone