Experiences and perceptions of nurses participating in an interprofessional, videoconference-based educational programme on concurrent mental health and substance use disorders: a qualitative study

Table 2 Demographics and practice profile of the study sample (n = 10)

Characteristics	Total (n) or mean (SD)
Gender
Female	9
Male	1
Mean age	39.4 (3.3)^a
Degree earned
Bachelor’s degree	4
Master’s degree	6
Professional role
Case manager	7
Assistant head nurse	1
Clinical nurse specialist	2
Years of clinical experience
6–10 years	2
11–15 years	7
16 years and over	1
Work setting
Psychiatric/Mental health hospital-based services	3
Addiction treatment centres	2
Primary mental healthcare services	4
Community-based healthcare services for high-risk populations	1
Area of practice
Urban/Suburban	5
Rural/Remote	4
Mixed	1^b
Registration year in the program
2018–2019 curriculum	6^c
2019–2020 curriculum	4
Mean number of session attendance	9.1 (4.5)^d
Session attendance
0–5 sessions	3
6–10 sessions	4
11–15 sessions	2
16–20 sessions	1

n number, SD Standard Deviation
^aMinimum–maximum = 35.0–46.0
^bOne nurse worked in a large area of the province that included both urban and rural settings
^cOf those six nurses, two participated in the 2019–2020 curriculum as a second registration in the programme
^dFor first year of participation in the programme

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