Drug information resources used by nurse practitioners and collaborating physicians at the point of care in Nova Scotia, Canada: a survey and review of the literature

Table 1 Demographics of nurse practitioner and collaborating physician partner respondents.

Characteristic	Descriptor	N	(%)
Practitioner type	Nurse practitioner	14*	52
	Physician	13	48
Gender	Male	9	33
	Female	18	67
Age	≤ 25	2	7
	26 – 35	4	15
	36 – 55	16	59
	56 – 65	4	15
	≥ 66	1	4
Survey type	Personal digital assistant^†	6	22
	Computer	21	78
Patient volume	Mean patients/day/week^‡
	<15	11	41
	16–25	11	41
	26–35	2	7
	36–45	2	7
	>46	1	4
Technologies available	High speed internet at work^§
	Yes	15	56
	No	10	37
	Electronic Patient Record
	Yes	10	37
	No	17	63

* represents 88% (14/16) response rate within the nurse practitioner population.
† 1 and 5 personal digital assistant surveys received from nurse practitioners and general practitioners, respectively.
‡ mean number of patients seen by the practitioner per day in a week.
§totals do not add up to 100% due to 2 non-responses.

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