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and a second set of e-mails was sent to these three using the same protocol and timeline as for

the first set of contacts. One contact replied, “Not participating”. Thereby, the resulting target

sample size was set to be one nurse from each of the 33 centres (n=33). See Table 3.1 that

illustrates the resulting target sample size from the initial projected sample size. No incentives

was provided before or after the survey was completed because it is presumed that the

participants are nursing professionals who wish to advance the role of radiation therapy nursing

in oncology.

Table 3.1

Environmental Scan Sample Size
Projected sample size 42

st
E-mail invite sent to : 1 group 31
nd
2 group 3
“Not participating” reply 1

Unable to contact directly 2

French speaking centres :Quebec 6

Resulting target sample size (n) 33

The recruitment procedure involved an introductory email that was sent to a total of 34

participants individually via the researcher’s employee e-mail. The contents of the e-mail

provided information about the project that was sent to nurse participants, at each Radiation

Oncology Centre. This initial contact helped to introduce the study and provide a link to the

online survey deployed via FluidSurveys™ that was active for a total period of three and half

weeks, enabling both the groups to complete the survey in three weeks. The individual links

were a strategy developed after the survey pilot that helped to limit one response per participant,

thereby minimizing multiple incomplete responses per participant. One organizational e-mail