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induced and fungating wounds. The answer categories are arranged in order of potential choices

with the option to check all that apply as limiting choices could mean that respondents “will not

be able to provide the answer they want to provide” (Dillman, 2007, p. 47). Explanations were

requested for areas that required further exploration or a specific answer that is not provided in

the choices. Adequate space was provided for respondents to completely answer the question

(Dillman, Smyth, & Christian, 2009, p. 115). The final section requested contact information

from participants willing to be contacted over the phone for a 20-30 minute interview to

understand their perceived role in clinical decision-making and inter-professional practice.

2) Pilot the clinical practice survey. The survey was piloted at FVCC with (a) two

experienced nurses i.e., a RTN and an Education Resource Nurse who initially performed the

online FluidSurveys ™ and later provided suggestions as a group. Individual feedback was also

obtained from (b) a radiation therapy professional practice leader and (c) a radiation oncologist.

The preliminary findings from the FluidSurveys™ report were used to receive feedback and

make necessary alterations to the format. Several changes were made to the survey after the

pilot, particularly in its visual design and presentation to make the survey easier to follow. The

survey pilot met the expectation to test the online survey’s content validity prior to the actual

national environmental scan. Pilot data was not included in the final data analysis.

3) REB approvals were received from TWU and BCCA in June, 2013. The BCCA

approval deemed the project as minimal risk. Amendment was approved for contacting those

Radiation Oncology Centres that were not in the preliminary list via the phone for the purpose of

procuring potential nurse participants’ e-mail addresses.

4) Introductory e-mail to inform participants of the national environmental scan survey

with consent and online FluidSurveys™ link. These were done in two separate sets. The first