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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nurs Scholarsh. 2011 Apr 1;43(2):188–194. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01391.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 652 Study Hospitals

Characteristic Percent
Size Small (< 100 beds) 14.3%
Medium (100–250 beds) 45.0%
Large (≥ 251 beds) 40.7%
Teaching status Nonteaching hospital, No. (%) 52.2%
Minor teaching hospital 40.6%
Major teaching hospital 7.2%
State California 40.4%
New Jersey 11.2%
Pennsylvania 23.0%
Florida 25.3%
Technology Non-high technology 59.7%
High technology 40.3%
Mean (range)
Nurse experience (in years) 16.3 (4.9–27.7)
Percentage of nurses with BSN (or higher) degree 40.2 (0–75.0)
Percentage of nurses certified 36.1 (0–87.5)
Percentage of BSN nurses who are certified 38.3 (0–100.0)
Percentage of AD/diploma nurses who are certified 35.3 (0–85.7)

Note. The sample of hospitals on which percentages and means are based varies from 636 to 652 because of missing data on some characteristics. The sample included hospitals from California (n = 264), New Jersey (n = 73), Pennsylvania (n = 150), and Florida (n = 165).