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. 2019 Nov 6;7(1):334–344. doi: 10.1002/nop2.401

Table 3.

Interaction in the focus groups

Focus group

FGD 1

N (%)

FGD 2

N (%)

FGD 3

N (%)

FGD 4

N (%)

FGD 5

N (%)

FGD 6

N (%)

FGD 7

N (%)

Total

N (%)

N (%) Range
Answering first
RN1 6 (18)   7 (39) 7 (44) 3 (12) 4 (22) 9 (42) 36 74 (56%) 3–7
RN2 15 (46)   2 (11) 4 (25) 6 (24) 4 (22) 4 (19) 35 2–15
RN3 3 (9)             3  
CNA1 8 (25)   7 (39) 5 (31) 9 (36) 9 (50) 6 (28) 44 58 (44%) 5–9
CNA2 2 (6)   2 (11) 0 7 (28) 1 (6) 2 (9) 14 0–7
Total 34   18 16 25 18 21 132   16–34
Range % 6–46   11–39 0–44 12–36 6–50 9–42     6–50
New input
RN1 24 (26)   32 (33) 50 (45) 12 (27) 38 (32) 54 (38) 210 364 (69%) 12–54
RN2 14 (18)   26 (26) 35 (32) 10 (23) 30 (25) 24 (16) 139 10–35
RN3 15 (18)             15  
CNA1 17 (22)   19 (19) 19 (17) 12 (27) 39 (33) 56 (39) 100 163 (31%) 12–56
CNA2 7 (9)   21 (21) 6 (5) 10 (23) 11 (9) 8 (5) 63 6–21
Total 77   98 110 44 118 142 527   44–142
Range % 9–26   19–33 5–45 23–27 9–33 5–39     5–45
Agreement
RN1 18 (26)   14 (16) 14 (48) 10 (29) 11 (21) 25 (15) 92 209 (48%) 10–25
RN2 15 (21)   33 (39) 9 (31) 6 (18) 8 (15) 34 (20) 105 6–34
RN3 12 (17)             12  
CNA1 19 (27)   24 (28) 4 (14) 10 (29) 23 (44) 24 (14) 104 225 (52%) 4–24
CNA2 5 (7)   14 (16) 2 (7) 8 (24) 10 (19) 82 (49) 121 2–82
Total 69   85 29 34 52 165 434   29–165
Range % 7–26   16–39 7–29 18–29 15–44 14–49      
Agreement + new input
RN1 22 (35)   12 (21) 19 (32) 8 (32) 13 (39) 13 (18) 161 274 (72%) 8–22
RN2 13 (21)   23 (41) 25 (42) 5 (20) 4 (12) 28 (38) 98 4–28
RN3 15 (24)             15  
CNA1 7 (11)   17 (30) 10 (17) 6 24) 13 (39) 18 (25) 71 108 (28%) 6–17
CNA2 6 (9)   4 (7) 5 (8) 6 (24) 3 (9) 13 (18) 37 3–13
Total 63     59 25 33 72 382   25–72
Range % 9–35   7–41 8–42 20–32 9–39 18–38      

Abbreviations: CAN, certified nurse assistant; FGD, focus group; RN, Registered Nurse.