Table 2.

Interview guide from the focus group interviews

	Themes for discussions
1	What is important to you when you go to a patient's home? What do you emphasize? What is especially required of you in a home context?
2	Which competencies do you think are important in your daily work as a homecare nurse? What do you think is important for being a skilled home nurse? What characterizes a skilled home nurse? How has this changed in recent years?
3	What is the special expertise of homecare nurses related to other professions?
4	What do you find particularly challenging in your practice?
5	Is there anything you would like to have more time for in your practice?