Table 1.
Characteristics of participants
| Country | Hospital Name | Hospital Level | Cadre | Department | Work Experience (years) | Education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | Hospital 1 | Level 6 (tertiary) | Nurse | Emergency Department | 10 | Masters (MSc in Emergency Nursing) |
| Nurse In-charge | Intensive Care Unit | 16 | Masters (MSc in Critical Crae Nursing) | |||
| Nurse | Medical ward | 15 | Diploma (Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse) | |||
| Nurse | Labor ward | 7 | Bachelor’s (BSc in Nursing) | |||
| Hospital 2 | Level 4 (secondary) | Nurse In-charge | Pediatric Outpatient | 10 | Diploma (Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse) | |
| Doctor | Maternity Ward | 1.5 | Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) | |||
| Nurse (Nursing services manager | Administration | 15 | Bachelor’s (BSc in Nursing) | |||
| Hospital 3 | Level 5 (secondary) | Clinical officer (non-physician clinician) | Out-patient Department | 2 | Diploma in Clinical Medicine | |
| Clinical Office | Intensive Care Unit | 5 | Diploma in Clinical medicine | |||
| Nursing services manager (NSM) | Administration | 22as a nurse, 2 years as the NSM | Bachelor’s (BSc in Nursing) | |||
| Hospital 4 | Level 5 (secondary) | Doctor | Emergency Department | 1 | Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) | |
| Nurse In-charge | Emergency Department | 3 | Bachelor’s (BSc in Nursing) | |||
| Hospital 5 | Level 4 (secondary) | Clinical Officer (non-physician clinician) | Emergency/Out-patient Department | 4 | Diploma in Clinical Medicine | |
| Doctor | Emergency/Out-patient Department | 2 | Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) | |||
| Nurse | Isolation Unit | 8 | Diploma (Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse—KRCHN) | |||
| Tanzania | Hospital 1 | Regional Referral | Doctor-Emergency Medicine Specialist | Emergency Department | 12 | Master in Critical Care Medicine |
| Doctor-Internal Medicine Specialist | Internal medicine department | 16 | Masters in Internal medicine | |||
| Nurse | Emergency Department | 15 | Diploma in Nursing | |||
| Hospital 2 | District hospital | Doctor | Out-patient Department | 17 | Doctor of Medicine | |
| Nurse | Maternity Ward | 14 | Bachelor’s (BSc in Nursing) | |||
| Nurse | Medical Ward | 19 | Diploma in nursing | |||
| Hospital 3 | Regional Referral | Doctor | Emergency Department | 15 | Master in Critical care medicine | |
| Nurse | Out-patient Department | 13 | Diploma in nursing | |||
| Nurse | Surgical /Medical ward | 9 | Diploma in nursing | |||
| Hospital 4 | National Referral | Nurse | Intensive Care Unit | 16 | Bachelor of science in nursing | |
| Nurse | Emergency Department | 15 | Bachelor of science (Critical care nursing) | |||
| Nurse | Pediatric Ward | 23 | Bachelor’s(Science Nursing) | |||
| Hospital 5 | District hospital | Doctor | Medical Ward | 26 | Doctor of Medicine | |
| Doctor | Maternity Ward | 13 | Doctor of Medicine | |||
| Nurse | Outpatient Department | 14 | Diploma in nursing |