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Table 3 Interview respondent characteristics

From: General ward nurses detection and response to clinical deterioration in three hospitals at the Kenyan coast: a convergent parallel mixed methods study

Characteristic

Hospital A (N = 10)

Hospital B (N = 8)

Hospital C (N = 6)

Overall duration as a nurse (years)

 0–5

1

4

2

 6–10

2

0

1

 11–20

4

3

0

 21–30

3

1

1

  > 30

0

0

2

No. of years working in current ward*

 6 months-1 year

5

1

1

 2-3 years

1

4

3

 4-5 years

2

2

0

  > 5 years

2

0

1

Gender

 Male

1

3

2

 Female

9

5

4

Nurse roles

 Ward manager

3

2

2

 Ward nurses

7

5

4

 Nurses in senior management

 

1

1

  1. *We were not able to access a nurse in senior management from Hospital A