Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Participants
| Number of interviewees female/male | |
|---|---|
| Participants female/male | 14/6 |
| Age, years | |
| 25–35 | 7/0 |
| 36–45 | 1/0 |
| 46–55 | 3/4 |
| 56–65 | 3/2 |
| Denomination | |
| Christian–Catholic | 5/4 |
| Christian–Protestant | 2/1 |
| None | 7/1 |
| Professional training qualification in nursing (multiple answers possible) | |
| Vocational/workplace (apprenticeship) | 8/3 |
| Vocational/school (vocational school, commercial school) | 3/2 |
| College/university | 2/0 |
| Vocational or technical academy | 6/1 |
| Technical college | 0/1 |
| Occupational group | |
| Care of the elderly | 0/0 |
| Health care and nursing | 13/6 |
| Health care and pediatric nursing | 1/0 |
| Care assistance | 0/0 |
| Occupational years | |
| 0–10 | 7/0 |
| 11–20 | 1/0 |
| 21–30 | 3/4 |
| 31–40 | 3/2 |
| Medical fields of activity (multiple answers possible) | |
| Intensive care/intermediate care/emergency room | 4/4 |
| Operating theater/anesthesia | 3/1 |
| Psychiatry | 4/0 |
| Genecology/obstetrics | 1/0 |
| Internal medicine | 6/2 |
| Neurology | 1/2 |
| Palliative care | 10/5 |
| Oncology | 4/0 |
| Geriatrics | 2/0 |
| Surgery | 1/2 |
| Outpatient care | 4/2 |
| Home respiratory care | 1/0 |
| Tropical medicine/infectiology | 0/1 |
| Medical outpatient without limitation | 1/0 |
| Function (multiple answers possible) | |
| Health care worker and nurse | 11/4 |
| Care services | 2/1 |
| Clinic/area nursing manager | 0/1 |
| Practice supervisor | 4/1 |
| Case manager | 0/1 |
| Coordinator | 1/1 |
| Lecturer for training and further education | 2/2 |
| Bereavement counselor | 1/0 |
| Academic degree in nursing | |
| No | 9/4 |
| Nursing management | 1/1 |
| Pedagogy for vocational schools | 1/0 |
| Nursing science | 2/0 |
| Not specified | 1/1 |
| Work in a specialized area of palliative care (one multiple answer) | |
| No | 4/1 |
| Palliative care unit | 4/3 |
| Outpatient hospice services | 2/1 |
| Special outpatient palliative care (SAPV) | 5/1 |