Participants and Procedure
Healthcare managers (n=8) in four territories in the northern Sweden were contacted and gave their consent for the study. The healthcare managers were asked to name registered nurses (RNs) and district nurses (DNs) who had at least one year’s experience of working in home-based nursing care, which was the inclusion criterion for the study. A total of 24 RNs and 18 DNs received letters with information about the study and they were asked to participate in an individual interview. Thirteen RNs and 11 DNs agreed to participate. All participants were female. Six RNs and six DNs declined to participate and five RNs and one DN did not reply. The participants were given written and verbal information about the study and that their participation was voluntary with possibility of withdrawing without any explanation at any time. Assurance was given that the presentation of the findings would be used in such a way that none of them as individuals could be recognized by others. The study was approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Umeå, Sweden (Dnr 2010-224-31M).