Corresponding author: Professor Elizabeth Halcomb, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave Wollongong NSW 2522. P: +61 2 4221 3784 E: ehalcomb@uow.edu.au
Acknowledgements: We are very grateful to the nurses who took the time to complete the survey and who were so generous in their responses. We would also like to thank the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association and Australian College of Nursing for their support of the work.