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Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 23)

From: Clinical perspectives on hospitals’ role in the opioid epidemic

 

Hospitalist (n = 12)

Registered nurse (n = 9)

Adult nurse practitioner (n = 2)

Total

Female, n (%)

3 (21)

9 (65)

2 (14)

14 (61)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

 White

7 (41)

8 (47)

2 (12)

17 (74)

 African-American

0

1 (100)

0

1 (4.3)

 Asian

5 (100)

0

0

5 (21.7)

Work experience (years)*

 Mean

12

11

25

 

 Range

2–18

1–32

10–40

n/a

Years with an organization

 Mean

7.1

5.2

14

 

 Range

1–18

1–15

8–20

n/a

Hospital locations

 Hospital #1

3 (60)

0

2 (40)

5 (21.7)

 Hospital #2

3 (50)

3 (50)

0

6 (26.2)

 Hospital #3

2 (40)

3 (60)

0

5 (21.7)

 Hospital #4

2 (100)

0

0

2 (8.7)

 Hospital #5

1 (33.4)

2 (66.6)

0

3 (13)

 Hospital #6

1 (50)

1 (50)

0

2 (8.7)

  1. Note: Work experience excludes time in training, such as residency; Hospitalist- a physician with primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients