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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2010 May;115(5):904–909. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181da93a7

Table 2.

Characteristics of the physician and nurse participants

Characteristic Physicians
N = 35
Nurses
N = 17
Age (years) 40.2 ±9.2 40.3 ± 11.8
Years in practice 14.0 ± 9.5 15.6 ± 11.0
Specialty
  General obstetrics 9% NA
  Maternal-fetal medicine 54% NA
  Neonatology 37% NA
  Registered nurse NA 94%
  Neonatal nurse practitioner NA 6%
Race
  Black/ African American 11% 18%
  Hispanic or Latino 6% 0%
  White 43% 71%
  Asian 37% 6%
  Other 3% 6%
Gender
  Male 40% 0%
  Female 60% 100%
Religion
  Roman Catholic 31% 29%
  Protestant 23% 41%
  Jewish 14% 0%
  Other 33% 18%

All data presented as mean ± standard deviation or %

NA = Not applicable