Table 1.
Characteristics of 207 RNs
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 20–24 | 8 | 3.9 |
| 25–29 | 37 | 17.9 |
| 30–34 | 27 | 13 |
| 35–39 | 16 | 7.7 |
| 40–44 | 24 | 11.6 |
| 45–49 | 23 | 11.1 |
| 50–54 | 23 | 11.1 |
| 55–59 | 24 | 11.6 |
| 60 + | 25 | 12.1 |
| Race | ||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 2.9 |
| Asian | 11 | 5.3 |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.4 |
| Multi-racial/multi-heritage | 11 | 5.3 |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.5 |
| Other | 10 | 4.8 |
| White | 165 | 79.7 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 9.2 |
| Non-Hispanic or Non-Latino | 176 | 85.0 |
| Marital status | ||
| Divorced | 30 | 14.5 |
| Married | 123 | 59.4 |
| Partnered | 9 | 4.3 |
| Separated | 2 | 1.0 |
| Single | 41 | 19.8 |
| Widowed | 2 | 1.0 |
| Work area | ||
| Ambulatory care | 37 | 17.9 |
| Intensive/critical care | 56 | 27.1 |
| Non-ICU acute care | 114 | 55.1 |
| Years of nursing experience | ||
| 0–1 | 19 | 9.2 |
| 2–5 | 52 | 25.1 |
| 6–10 | 46 | 22.2 |
| 11–20 | 31 | 15 |
| 21 + | 59 | 28.5 |
| Highest degree | ||
| AS | 103 | 49.8 |
| BSN | 90 | 43.5 |
| MSN | 11 | 5.3 |
| PhD/DPN | 3 | 1.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Catholic | 53 | 25.6 |
| Protestant (named denomination) | 57 | 27.5 |
| Christian/non-denominational | 69 | 33.3 |
| Agnostic/atheist | 15 | 7.2 |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.5 |
| Buddhist | 6 | 2.4 |
| Other | 7 | 3.4 |