A total of 250 structured questionnaires were sent to the target group, i.e. to nurse graduates
who graduated in the time period examined. The questionnaires contained 25 questions, of
which 13 were closed and 12 were open ones, and were completed on a voluntary basis,
anonymously. The total number of questionnaires returned was 99, which means that the
response/return rate was nearly 40%, but of the questionnaires 94 were only assessable. So the
number of participants in the survey is n=94. This population on a national scale is 10% of the
full-time graduates (of the nearly 1000 students who graduated in the time period examined),
and 34% (of 288 students) in relation to the graduate nurse programme of the Faculty.