Table 2 Profile of the nurses participating in Delphi rounds

 Staff Nurse

72 (30.9)

56 (25.7)

68 (29.1)

56 (31.6)

 CNM1^a

29 (12.4)

35 (16.1)

29 (12.4)

16 (9.0)

 CNM2^a

47 (20.2)

48 (22.0)

43 (18.4)

28 (15.8)

 CNM3^a

14 (6.0)

15 (6.9)

16 (6.8)

10 (5.6)

 Clinical Nurse Specialist

13 (5.6)

12 (5.5)

10 (4.3)

9 (5.1)

 Director of Nursing

11 (4.7)

8 (3.7)

8 (3.4)

7 (4.0)

 Assistant Director of Nursing

3 (1.3)

4 (1.8)

7 3.0)

6 (3.4)

 Educator

4 (1.7)

5 (2.3)

5 (2.1)

1 (0.6)

 Other

26 (11.2)

24 (11.0)

35 (15.0)

30 (17.0)

 Not indicated

14 (6.0)

11 (5.0)

13 (5.5)

14 (7.9)

n = 100^b

n = 99^b

n = 96^b

n = 94^b

Average years of experience

20.0

20.8

21.6

20.8

 Range

1–40

1–40

1–40

1–40

n = 151^b

n = 130^b

n = 152^b

n = 108^b

Health Service Regions

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Region 1

48 (31.8)

42 (32.3)

48 (31.5)

32 (29.6)

Region 2

16 (10.6)

14 (10.8)

16 (10.5)

12 (11.1)

Region 3

35 (23.2)

30 (23.1)

35 (23.0)

21 (19.4)

Region 4

52 (34.4)

44 (33.8)

53 (35.0)

43 (39.9)