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Table 1 Respondents demographics

From: Development and initial validation of an instrument to measure novice nurses’ perceived ability to provide care in acute situations – PCAS

Variable

Value

Participants

209

Gender, n (%)

 Female

175 (83,7)

 Male

33 (15,8)

 Other/Don’t want to say

1 (0,5)

Median age (range)

26 (22–54)

Median months working experience (range)

6 (1–12)

Universitiesa, n

27

Experience of acute situations since graduation, n (%)

Little

161 (77)

Much

48 (23)

Hospitals, n

33

Workplace

 Accident and emergency dep, n (%)

25 (12)

 Medical, n (%)

75 (36)

 Surgical, Orthopaedic, n (%)

63 (30)

 Other/combination, n (%)

46 (22)

  1. aUniversities nurses graduated from