Table 1.
Characteristics of participants and participants’ practice settings
| Overall(n = 32) |
LTCF staff(n = 16) |
ED staff(n = 16) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Participant characteristics | |||||||
| Female | 22 | 69 | 15 | 94 | 7 | 44 | |
| # Years’ experience | |||||||
| 1-3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4-6 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 50 | |
| 7-10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |
| 10-20 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 13 | |
| 20-30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 30 + | 5 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 19 | |
| Roles/Titles | |||||||
| Emergency Dept. Care Team Leader | 4 | 13 | - | - | 4 | 25 | |
| Emergency Dept. Nurse | 2 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 13 | |
| Emergency Dept. Physician | 10 | 31 | - | - | 10 | 63 | |
| LTCF Administrator | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| LTCF Assistant Director of Nursing | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| LTCF Director of Nursing | 4 | 13 | 4 | 25 | |||
| LTCF Floor Nurse | 11 | 34 | 11 | 69 | - | - | |
| LTCF Infection Preventionist | 8 | 25 | 8 | 50 | - | - | |
| LTCF Medical Director | 4 | 13 | 4 | 25 | - | - | |
| Setting Characteristics | |||||||
| Average Number of Beds | |||||||
| 0-49 | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | - | |
| 50-99 | - | - | 5 | 31 | - | - | |
| 100-149 | - | - | 5 | 31 | - | - | |
| 150-200 | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | - | |
| 200+ | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | - | |
| Levels of care* | |||||||
| Independent care | - | - | 6 | 37.5 | - | - | |
| Assisted living facility | - | - | 9 | 56.3 | - | - | |
| Skilled nursing facility | - | - | 16 | 100 | - | - | |
| Annual ED volume* | |||||||
| <10,000 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 31 | |
| 10,001-20,000 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 56 | |
| 20,001-30,000 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | |
| 30,001-40,000 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | |
| 40,001-50,000 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | |
| 50.001-60,000 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | |
| 60,001-70,000 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 50 | |
| Primary setting of practice | |||||||
| Academic medical center | - | - | - | - | 7 | 44 | |
| Community hospital | - | - | - | - | 9 | 56 | |
| Setting* | |||||||
| Metro | 24 | 75 | 7 | 44 | 16 | 100 | |
| Nonmetro; 20,000 or greater | 5 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 6 | |
| Nonmetro; 2,500 to 19,999 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nonmetro less than 2,500 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Region of Wisconsin | |||||||
| Northeastern | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 6 | |
| Northern | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Southeastern | 7 | 22 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 13 | |
| Southern | 19 | 59 | 6 | 37.5 | 13 | 81 | |
| Western | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
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Participants working in >1 facility were captured in multiple categories.