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VI. Secondary Data: Following secondary data was collected: Secondary data was collected from the following in Tamil Nadu: 1. Trained Nurses Association of India 2. State Nursing Council 3. Directorate of Medical Education (DME) 4. Directorate of Medical Services (DMS) 5. School of Nursing (Govt. General Hospital) 6. School of Nursing (CSI Kalyani, Multispeciality Hospital) 7. Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai 8. College of Nursing, Madras Medical College 9. Omayalatchi College of Nurses 10. Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project 11. Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine VII. Data management and Analysis Detailed notes were taken of each In-depth interview and these were also recorded on the audio tapes. Information was analyzed manually. The responses were categorized into themes against the pre-decided categories and triangulated across interviews and with secondary data collected. VIII. Limitations of the study The observations should be viewed in light of the fact that this was a descriptive study based on the interviews of key informants, and primary data was not collected through a sample survey. The study results derive from the opinions from the personal experiences of the key informants and the researchers' interpretations from the interviews and secondary data sources.
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