Table 1 Demographics of 42 completed survey responses from Stage 2
Variable | Level | Registered nurses | Enrolled nurses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Gendera | Female | 22 | 91.7 | 15 | 88.2 |
Male | 2 | 8.3 | 2 | 11.8 | |
Ageb | 21-30 | 7 | 30.4 | 4 | 23.5 |
31-40 | 5 | 21.7 | 6 | 35.3 | |
41-50 | 5 | 21.7 | 2 | 11.8 | |
51-65 | 6 | 26.1 | 5 | 29.4 | |
Hours a weeka | Up to 29 | 9 | 37.5 | 7 | 41.2 |
30 or more | 15 | 62.5 | 10 | 58.8 | |
Pay banda | 1 | 12 | 48.0 | 5 | 31.3 |
2 | 10 | 40.0 | 5 | 31.3 | |
3 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
5 | 1 | 4.0 | 6 | 37.5 | |
Education | In Australia | 23 | 92.0 | 17 | 100.0 |
Outside Australia | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Highest qualification | Diploma (inc Advanced Dipl) | 3 | 12.0 | 17 | 100.0 |
Bachelor | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Postgrad | 7 | 28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
mean | SD | mean | SD | ||
Years of experience | Occupation | 15.3 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 3.6 |
Specialty | 9.3 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 4.5 | |
In this hospital | 12.1 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 4.2 | |
On the ward | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.2 | |