The stabilization phase involved preparation of data
for analysis, systematization, and pattern identification
using the qualitative analysis program NVivo9 [33] to
develop the content of perioperative nursing (first part
of the research question). This led to the formation of
two themes: “Technical skills” and “Understanding of the
individual patient.” These themes were developed into
subthemes (Table 1), and the themes and their subthemes
were grouped within the first main finding: OR nurses’
interaction between skills and understanding.