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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2011 Dec 14;28(1):16–25. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.11.005

Table 2.

Study participant characteristics

Total Participants (n=6) Group #1 (n=2) Group #2 (n=3) Individual Interview (n=1)
Study Phase *
2
3 		1
5		 0
2		 1
2		 0
1
Participant Sex
Female
Male 		5
1		 2
0		 2
1		 1
0
Unit
CTICU
MICU 		2
4		 0
2		 1
2		 1
0
Years of Critical
Care Experience
<1 year
1-5 years
5-10 years
≥11 years 		0
4
1
1		 0
2
0
0		 0
2
0
1		 0
0
1
0
*

Phase 1 was a control group whose participants did not receive training or additional communication materials. Nurses who participated in Phase 1 were not interviewed.