collectionThe focus group interviews utilised a semi-structured con-versational approach, facilitated by the researcher to encouragecommunication and interaction amongst participants23about eachnurse’s preparedness, perception of their ability and experiencesin providing care for the family before and after the death ofa child. From the four participating units, 19 nurses partici-pated in focus groups (of between 2 and 4 participants), andfour were interviewed individually between November 2012 andJanuary 2013 by one member of the research team who hadexperience with conducting focus group and individual inter-views. The individual interviews were conducted utilising the samesemi-structured conversational approach used in the focus groupinterviews.In order to protect the anonymity of participants, once eligibilityof individuals was determined prior to commencement of the inter-views, no other demographic data was collected. The intent was toexplore the experience and emotion as reflected by the participantsat that time, irrespective of these other factors.All interviews were conducted in a private, quiet space locatedwithin the health service workplace of participants, at a mutuallyagreeable time. Interviews lasted for between 17 min and 50 min.They were audio-taped and professionally transcribed for analysis.