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A total of 30 participants were interviewed from across Australia. Seven were interviewed face to face and the balance ( n = 23) via telephone. If the interview was face to-face the researcher had two digital recorders which were tested to ensure they were recording and then placed openly in front of the participant. The participant was advised by the researcher when the recording had commenced. At the conclusion of the interview the researcher turned off the recorder to cease recording. If the interview was conducted by telephone, the researcher prior to the interview organised for a teleconference call to be arranged, in accordance with the time negotiated with the participant. The arrangement to record the interview was not undertaken by the researcher direct but through the administrative staff of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition, James Cook University. Approximately two days prior to the interview an email was received by the researcher confirming the recording time and the various Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) and dial in numbers for the teleconference. The participant’s required ‘dialling in’ and PIN information was emailed to them at the same time. By dialling into the teleconference this automatically meant that the interview was being recorded by the teleconference facilitator. Once the researcher and the participant hung up the phone, recording ceased. In commencing each interview the researcher asked approximately ten demographic questions, including participant’s age, sex, post code, years of nursing since graduation, whether they worked in a primary healthcare centre or hospital and number of years working in a remote location. By the process of garnering this very rich descriptive information (Geertz, 1973) it facilitated a sense of easement into the interview, by being