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Table 1 Details of participants

From: Moral distress - a threat to dementia care? A qualitative study of nursing staff members’ experiences in long-term care facilities

Participants (all women)

Education

Registered nurse (RN) Enrolled nurse (EN)

Unit

Age

Position

Work experience (years)

Long-term care facility (LTCF)

P1

RN

Short-term

34

100%

10

LTCF 1

P2

RN

Sheltered

50

75%

25

LTCF 1

P3

EN

Sheltered

42

75%

20

LTCF 1

P4

RN

Long-term

31

100%

6

LTCF 1

P5

RN

Long-term

33

100%

12

LTCF 1

P6

EN

Long-term

41

67%

13

LTCF 2

P7

RN

Long-term

40

100%

4

LTCF 2

P8

RN

Short-term

33

80%

4

LTCF 2

P9

EN

Short-term

63

50%

40

LTCF 2

P10

RN

Short-term

52

100%

30

LTCF 2

P11

EN

Sheltered

56

100%

14

LTCF 3

P12

RN

Long-term

28

80%

5

LTCF 3

P13

RN

Sheltered

61

80%

14

LTCF 3

P14

RN

Long-term

34

80%

3

LTCF 3

P15

EN

Sheltered

44

70%

14

LTCF 3

P16

EN

Long-term

51

80%

29

LTCF 4

P17

RN

Sheltered

46

100%

20

LTCF 4

P18

RN

Long-term

34

100%

11

LTCF 4

P19

RN

Short-term

45

100%

4

LTCF 4

P20

EN

Sheltered

53

88%

30

LTCF 4