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Table 5.4 Participants’ Location of Employment by State or Territory

State or Territory

Number of Participants

Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia

1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0

Queensland

New South Wales

Victoria

Australian Capital Territory

Tasmania

All nurse participants were currently registered with the Australian Professional Regulatory Authority (ARPRA) at the time of interview. All participants were registered nurses (level 1), one nurse also held qualifications in midwifery and none held qualifications in mental health nursing. One nurse held a managerial position. The majority of participants were female ( n = 7/5) and ages ranged from 43 to 53 years of age (mean 48.3 years). Years of nursing experience since graduation ranged from 10 to 35 years (mean 24.7 years) and years of remote nursing experience ranged from 5 to 31 years (mean 13.5 years). No participants were asked about their marital status or whether they had children, although one nurse did describe her husband as being a ‘local farmer’. 5.4.3 Recruitment Nurses meeting the inclusion criteria were invited to contact the researcher via written advertisements in the publications of relevant professional organisations such as CRANA Plus and Australia College of Nurses (ACN). The advertisements were placed in