Table 2.
Participants’ demographic profiles and current specialty training status as ICU nurses (n = 341).
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 305 (89.4) |
| Male | 36 (10.6) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤25 | 93 (27.3) |
| 26–35 | 207 (60.7) |
| ≥36 | 41 (12.0) |
| ICU working experience (years) | |
| ≤5 | 151 (44.3) |
| 6–10 | 116 (34.0) |
| 11–15 | 36 (10.6) |
| ≥16 | 38 (11.1) |
| Hospital level | |
| Tertiary | 311 (91.2) |
| Secondary | 30 (8.8) |
| Highest educational level | |
| Associate degree | 29 (8.5) |
| Bachelor of Science in Nursing | 280 (82.1) |
| Master of Science Nursing | 32 (9.4) |
| Technical title | |
| Nurse | 32 (9.4) |
| Senior nurse | 211 (61.9) |
| Nurse-in-charge | 83 (24.3) |
| Co-chief superintendent nurse and above | 15 (4.4) |
| Department | |
| General Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | 157 (46.0) |
| Coronary Care Unit (CCU) | 39 (11.4) |
| Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) | 27 (7.9) |
| Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | 31 (9.1) |
| Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (NICU) | 46 (13.5) |
| Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) | 18 (5.3) |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) | 12 (3.5) |
| Other Intensive Care Units | 11 (3.3) |
| Participation in the specialty training program | |
| Yes | 217 (63.6) |
| No | 124 (36.4) |
| Satisfaction with the training program (n = 217) | |
| Particularly satisfied | 14 (6.5) |
| Satisfied | 101 (46.5) |
| Neutral | 82 (37.8) |
| Dissatisfied | 18 (8.3) |
| Particularly dissatisfied | 2 (0.9) |
| The most dissatisfying aspects of the training program | |
| Scheduling | 81 (37.3) |
| Training content | 141 (65.0) |
| Training method | 166 (76.5) |
| Training faculty | 93 (42.9) |
| Location and facilities | 54 (24.9) |
| Training management | 66 (30.4) |