Table 1. Participant demographics and experience with difficult conversations.

Survey questions	n = 13 (%)
Number of years as an NP taking care of infants
0–1	1 (8)
2–5	5 (38)
6–10	2 (15)
> 10	4 (31)
Average number of weekly hours worked
12–24	0 (0)
25–32	2 (17)
33–40	3 (25)
41–55	3 (25)
> 55	4 (33)
NICU level most often worked in
3 or 4	12 (92)
2	1 (8)
1	0 (0)
Any work in level 1/2 community hospital nursery
yes	9 (69)
Take transport call
yes	7 (54)
Received education during training/career on communicating bad news to the family of an infant
yes	2 (15)
Number of times present in the past year when bad news was given to the family of an infant
0	0 (0)
1–2	3 (23)
3 or more	10 (77)
Number of times in the past year you gave bad news to the family of an infant
0	3 (23)
1–2	5 (38)
3 or more	5 (38)
Extent to which you feel competent to deliver bad news to a family of an infant in your care
not competent	2 (15)
somewhat competent	7 (54)
moderately competent	3 (23)
competent	1 (8)
don’t know	0 (0)