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Table 2 Overview of included participants

From: Nurse competence in the post-anaesthesia care unit in Sweden: a qualitative study of the nurse’s perspective

Female/male, n

14/2

Years of experience as a graduated nurse

 Mean

21.8

 Median

18.5

 Min–max

7–46

Years of PACU work

 Mean

7.8

 Median

4.5

 Min, max

1, 35

Type of education,n

 Nurse without postgraduate diploma

3

aSpecialist nurse in:

 • Intensive care

7

 • Acute care

4

 • Anaesthetic care

3

 • Paediatric care

1

 • Surgical care

1

  1. PACU Post-anaesthesia care unit
  2. aNurses with an additional post-graduate diploma in nursing, 60 credits; three nurses had two postgraduate diplomas