Perspectives on Nurse Retention in Hospitals in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

Number of participants per nursing subgroup.

Target group	Number of focus group interviews	Number of participants
Nursing students and newly graduated nurses	2	12
Experienced nurses	2	10
Specialized nurses with supplementary training	2	13
Master-educated nurses	2	18
Nurse-trained professionals currently working (partly) in positions outside direct patient care, such as management, education, research, policy, or nurse advisory boards (28), including physicians (2), human resource professionals (6), and business managers (4)	5	40
Total	13	93