On-site clinical mentoring as a maternal and new-born care quality improvement method: evidence from a nurse cohort study in Nepal

Table 1 Characteristics of the nurses mentored in 35 birthing centers, 19 BEONCs, and 7 CEONCs in Nepal from 2016 to 2018

	Birthing centers		BEONC centers^a		CEONC centers^a		All
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
No. of nurse-mentees	100	32.5	92	29.9	116	37.7	308	100.0
Female gender	100	100.0	92	100.0	116	100.0	308	100.0
Age (in years): median [IQR] ^b	29	[24–35]	32	[25–39]	26	[24–35]	29	[24–38]
Level of nursing education
3-year auxiliary nurse-midwife course	79	79.0	53	57.6	50	43.1	182	59.1
3-year Proficiency Certificate Level	14	14.0	19	20.6	40	34.5	73	23.7
Bachelor’s degree in nursing	4	4.0	17	18.5	24	20.7	45	14.6
Missing information	3	3.0	3	3.3	2	1.7	8	2.6
Skilled birth attendant (SBA) status
not a SBA ^c	42	42.0	29	31.5	42	36.2	113	36.7
SBA	58	58.0	63	68.5	74	63.8	195	63.3
Status at first contact ^d
Auxiliary nurse-midwife	94	94.0	67	72.8	64	55.2	225	73.0
Nurse	3	3.0	22	23.9	44	37.9	69	22.4
Other	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	5.2	6	1.9
Missing information	3	3.0	3	3.3	2	1.7	8	2.6
Experience in years: median [IQR] ^b	6	[3–10]	10	[5–18]	5	[2–13]	7	[3–14]
Program intensity
3 mentoring sessions	42	42.0	33	35.9	21	18.1	96	31.2
2 mentoring sessions	26	26.0	25	27.2	26	22.4	77	25.0
1 mentoring session	32	32.0	34	37.0	69	59.5	135	43.8

^aCEONC: comprehensive emergency obstetrical and new-born care; BEONC: basic emergency obstetrical and new-born care
^bAvailable for 300 mentees
^cIncluding 4 staff who specialized in SBA during the course of the program
^dANMs should be support staff nurses, but they often work alone

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