. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 27.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Bioeth. 2008 Apr;8(4):4–11. doi: 10.1080/15265160802166017

Table 2.

Course Work or Training in Ethics^*

Source of Course	Registered Nurses	Social Workers	Total
Work or Training	(n = 414)	(782)	(n = 1196)
Basic professional program	178 (43.0%)	365 (46.7%)	543 (45.4%)
Advanced professional program	54 (13.0%)	212 (27.1%)	266 (22.2%)
Basic and/or advanced professional program	212 (51.2%)	471 (60.2%)	683 (57.1%)
Fellowship training	—	9 (1.2%)	9 (0.8%)
Continuing education	109 (26.3%)	461 (59.0%)	570 (47.7%)
In-house training	118 (28.5%)	265 (33.9%)	383 (32.0%)
No ethics training	94 (22.7%)	59 (7.5%)	171 (14.3%)

Respondents could indicate more than one source; percentages will not add to 100; 19 people (8 registered nurses and 11 social workers) did not respond to this question.