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Table 6.

Exemplar quotes from staff on the theme of patients getting their own equipment

Patients Getting Their Own Equipment	Quotes
What is practical for staff to do	“Well, my thing is not that I would not want patients to not do the exercise program, but again, if they were going to be taking away the kinesiologist and they would want to just implement the program in general, I would really cater it more to the independent patient that could grab their supplies for themselves and record their own blood pressures and things like that for further study, versus that being the nurse’s job, because sometimes if there’s an acute situation, again, the patients are stuck in the chair and there’s nothing they can do, but whereas if they come in and got their own supplies, there are still things that they can do, regardless of whether the nurse is there.” Q38
Patients should take responsibility	“Good patient education. I think that that would be number one [for the sustainability of the program], is really strong patient education, that they are doing this for their benefit, that this is what benefits them, and that they are responsible to at least make an effort in getting their own supplies, like the weights or the bikes, and if they need help, to ask us. But I think number one is it’s just so key that it’s patient education, that they understand it’s their responsibility.” Q39

Patients Getting Their Own Equipment

Quotes

What is practical for staff to do

“Well, my thing is not that I would not want patients to not do the exercise program, but again, if they were going to be taking away the kinesiologist and they would want to just implement the program in general, I would really cater it more to the independent patient that could grab their supplies for themselves and record their own blood pressures and things like that for further study, versus that being the nurse’s job, because sometimes if there’s an acute situation, again, the patients are stuck in the chair and there’s nothing they can do, but whereas if they come in and got their own supplies, there are still things that they can do, regardless of whether the nurse is there.” Q38

Patients should take responsibility

“Good patient education. I think that that would be number one [for the sustainability of the program], is really strong patient education, that they are doing this for their benefit, that this is what benefits them, and that they are responsible to at least make an effort in getting their own supplies, like the weights or the bikes, and if they need help, to ask us. But I think number one is it’s just so key that it’s patient education, that they understand it’s their responsibility.” Q39

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