Table 2.
Characteristics of surveyed Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs)
| n = 469 (%) | |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 248 (52.9) |
| Age | |
| Mean (sd) | 46.9 (7.3) |
| 20–29 | 10 (2.1) |
| 30–39 | 53 (11.3) |
| 40–49 | 225 (48.0) |
| 50–59 | 175 (37.3) |
| >60 | 6 (1.3) |
| Education | |
| CPN | 412 (87.8) |
| CPN+ | 204 (43.5) |
| CPN + Master | 11 (2.3) |
| Mean years of CPN-experience (sd) [range] | 11.4 (8.6) [0–35] |
| Work setting | |
| Mental health services | 411 (87.6) |
| Addiction services | 35 (7.5) |
| Private practice | 34 (7.2) |
| Forensic psychiatry | 10 (0.6) |
| General hospital or academic psychiatry | 6 (1.3) |
| Otherwise | 15 (3.1) |
| Type of care | |
| Emergency services | 133 (28.4) |
| Community-based < 2 years | 301 (64.2) |
| Community-based ≥ 2 years | 307 (65.5) |
| Partial hospital | 17 (3.6) |
| Inpatient < 2 years | 21 (4.5) |
| Inpatient ≥ 2 years | 9 (1.9) |
| Evidence-based practice | |
| Mean hours of supervision (sd) [range] | 1.5 (1.15) [0.2–8] |
| Method described in the work setting | 202 (43.1) |
| Method described in the literature | 110 (23.5) |
| No or non-described method | 157 (33.5) |
| Case-load size | |
| Mean total number (sd) [median (range)] | 52.2 (31.7) [50 (1–250)] |
| Mean number of non-psychotic chronic patients (sd) [median (range)] | 12.4 (13.6) [8 (1–95)] |