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Table 1 Characteristics of nursing student sample (n = 1263)

From: Measuring the quality of nursing clinical placements and the development of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) in a mixed methods co-design project

VARIABLE

CATEGORY

NUMBER (%)

Gender

Female

1133 (89.8)

Male

127 (10.1)

Other

1 (0.1)

Age group

19 or younger

156 (12.4)

20–25

402 (31.9)

26–30

144 (11.4)

31–35

152 (12.1)

36–40

141 (11.2)

41–45

121 (9.6)

46–50

86 (6.8)

51 or older

59 (4.7)

State of enrolment

New South Wales

123 (9.7)

Queensland

580 (45.9)

Victoria

560 (44.3)

Degree type

Single degree

1222 (96.8)

 

Double degree

41 (3.2)

Year of degree

First year

321 (25.4)

Second year

542 (42.9)

Third year

385 (30.5)

Fourth year

15 (1.2)

Last placement setting

Acute hospital

688 (54.5)

Mental Health

245 (19.4)

Aged Care

223 (17.7)

Rehabilitation service

63 (5.0)

Primary care/ community

38 (3.0)

Other

6 (0.5)

Placement duration (days)

First year

1–80 (mode = 10)

Second year

2–80 (mode = 15)

Third year

10–80 (mode = 30)

Fourth year

14–60 (mode = 30, 55)