Table 2 General Demographic Characteristics of Participants (N = 386)
From: Development of emergency nursing care competency scale for school nurses
|  | Characteristics | Total (N = 386) | Group A (n = 75) | Group B (n = 50) | Group C (n = 56) | Group D (n = 105) | Group E (n = 100) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) or M (SD) | n (%) or M (SD) | n (%) or M (SD) | n (%) or M (SD) | n (%) or M (SD) | n (%) or M (SD) | ||||||||
Gender | Male | 2 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.0) | 1 | (1.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
Female | 384 | (99.5) | 75 | (100.0) | 49 | (98.0) | 55 | (98.2) | 105 | (100.0) | 100 | (100.0) | |
Age in years | 41.09 | (10.08) | 31.65 | (6.15) | 32.94 | (6.80) | 36.54 | (8.14) | 43.49 | (6.42) | 52.22 | (4.59) | |
Education | Doctoral Degree | 4 | (1.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (4.0) |
Master’s Degree | 73 | (18.9) | 7 | (9.3) | 1 | (2.0) | 4 | (7.1) | 22 | (21.0) | 39 | (39.0) | |
Bachelor’s Degree | 292 | (75.7) | 65 | (86.7) | 42 | (84.0) | 48 | (85.7) | 81 | (77.1) | 56 | (56.0) | |
Associate Degree | 17 | (4.4) | 3 | (4.0) | 7 | (14.0) | 4 | (7.1) | 2 | (1.9) | 1 | (1.0) | |
Workplace | Elementary School | 210 | (54.4) | 49 | (65.3) | 28 | (56.0) | 22 | (39.3) | 46 | (43.8) | 65 | (65.0) |
Middle School | 105 | (27.2) | 20 | (26.7) | 14 | (28.0) | 21 | (37.5) | 33 | (31.4) | 17 | (17.0) | |
High School | 71 | (18.4) | 6 | (8.0) | 8 | (16.0) | 13 | (23.2) | 26 | (24.8) | 18 | (18.0) | |
Length of School Nurse Experience in years | 10.28 | (9.80) | 0.88 | (0.35) | 2.32 | (0.56) | 4.16 | (0.94) | 10.37 | (3.31) | 24.66 | (5.74) | |
Length of Hospital Nurse Experience in years | 4.83 | (4.38) | 5.48 | (5.69) | 5.18 | (4.45) | 5.13 | (3.80) | 5.36 | (4.55) | 3.41 | (2.82) | |
Emergency Experience | Yes | 162 | (42.2) | 14 | (18.7) | 18 | (36.0) | 20 | (35.7) | 48 | (45.7) | 62 | (62.0) |
No | 224 | (58.0) | 61 | (81.3) | 32 | (64.0) | 36 | (64.3) | 57 | (54.3) | 38 | (38.0) | |
Certificate Related to Emergency Nursing Care | Yes | 88 | (22.8) | 15 | (20.0) | 4 | (8.0) | 13 | (23.2) | 30 | (28.6) | 26 | (26.0) |
No | 298 | (77.2) | 60 | (80.0) | 46 | (92.0) | 43 | (76.8) | 75 | (71.4) | 74 | (74.0) | |