Health promotion provision is regarded as an integral component of the health professional's role, particularly for nurses working in a primary healthcare context. This study investigated the health-promoting lifestyle patterns among nurses working across all community healthcare centres termed as Puskesmas in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. A parallel mixed-methods design employing the adapted Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire and semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted. Quantitative data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20, and qualitative data from eight telephone interviews were subject to in-depth thematic analysis. It was found that the Puskesmas nurses showed sufficiently positive health-promoting lifestyle patterns, except in the domain of physical activity. Based on particular socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, the means of several Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II subscales were significantly different. Six key themes emerged from the thematic analysis. The integration of quantitative and qualitative inferences suggest that there is a connection between the nurses’ personal and professional health promotion practice; it was characterised by the notion of being imperfect role models and a blurred boundary between the nurses’ personal and professional identity.
