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nurses, nurse practitioners (NPs), remote psychiatrists, remote director of Nursing, remote district mental health nurse managers, remote general medical practitioners, and where possible, community members. This enabled the production of a detailed and comprehensive set of data for analysis. Table 5.3 Participants by Employment Status

Participant’s Employment

Number

Remote generalist nurse

12

Remote psychiatrist

2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1

Remote district mental health nurse manager

Remote general medical practitioner Remote nurse practitioners Remote police officers Remote ambulance officers Remote nurse academics Remote health service researcher Remote health nurse educators

CEO of remote professional nursing organisation Director of remote nurse counselling service

RFDS remote nurse coordinator

Twelve remote generalist nurses were interviewed. The endeavour or goal of the researcher was to secure the widest distribution of participant nurses from across Australia. The participants, at the time of interviewing, were working in the following jurisdictions;