Table 2:
Participant Demographics, Nursing Experience, and Knowledge by Experience Caring for Incarcerated Women During Pregnancy or the Postpartum Period
| Experience | No Experience | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 923) | (n = 690) | (n = 233) | ||||
| Participant Characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Female | 921 | 99.8 | 689 | 99.9 | 232 | 99.6 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 806 | 87.3 | 611 | 88.6 | 195 | 83.7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 6.3 | 46 | 6.7 | 12 | 5.2 |
| Practices in state with shackling law | 542 | 58.7 | 402 | 58.3 | 140 | 60.1 |
| Highest level of nursing education | ||||||
| LPN/LVN or ADN | 153 | 16.6 | 108 | 15.6 | 46 | 19.6 |
| BSN | 454 | 49.2 | 333 | 48.3 | 122 | 52.2 |
| Master’s degree | 266 | 28.8 | 210 | 30.4 | 54 | 23.4 |
| Doctorate | 50 | 5.4 | 39 | 5.7 | 11 | 4.8 |
| Total nursing experience, years* | ||||||
| 0–10 | 170 | 18.4 | 98 | 14.2 | 80 | 34.5 |
| >10 | 753 | 81.6 | 592 | 85.8 | 153 | 65.5 |
| Perinatal nursing experience, years* | ||||||
| 0–10 | 240 | 26.0 | 134 | 19.4 | 106 | 45.7 |
| >10 | 683 | 74.0 | 556 | 80.6 | 127 | 54.3 |
| Perinatal areas of experiencea | ||||||
| Labor and delivery* | 833 | 90.2 | 637 | 92.3 | 196 | 84.1 |
| Antepartum* | 735 | 79.6 | 563 | 81.6 | 172 | 73.8 |
| Postpartum | 717 | 77.7 | 532 | 77.1 | 185 | 79.4 |
| Knowledge of AWHONN position statement | ||||||
| Yes | 157 | 17.0 | 124 | 18 | 33 | 14.2 |
| No | 21 | 2.3 | 19 | 2.8 | 2 | .9 |
| Don’t know or not sure | 745 | 80.7 | 547 | 79.3 | 198 | 85.0 |
| Knowledge of state shackling law | ||||||
| Correct | 68 | 7.4 | 57 | 8.2 | 12 | 5.2 |
| Incorrect | 30 | 3.2 | 22 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.0 |
| Don’t know/not sure | 825 | 89.4 | 611 | 88.6 | 214 | 91.8 |
Note. ADN = associate’s degree in nursing; AWHONN = Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; BSN = bachelor’s degree in nursing; LPN = licensed practical nurse; LVN = licensed vocational nurse.
a
Multiple responses were permitted.
*
Chi-square significant at p < .05.