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Table 1 Distribution of some demographic characteristics of the studied nurses

From: Investigation of factors related to the behavior of reporting clinical errors in nurses working in educational and medical centers in Rasht city, Iran

Demographic characteristics

N

Percent

Gender

Female

306

93.9

Male

20

6.1

Work experience

Under 10 years

139

42.6

10 to 20 years

167

51.2

Over 20 years

20

6.1

Ward

Emergency

38

11.7

Surgery

69

21.2

Intensive Care Unit

71

21.8

Children

10

3.1

Internal

37

11.3

Surgery room

11

3.4

Other*

90

27.6

Job rank

Nurse

307

94.2

Supervisor

19

5.8

Age

Under 30 years old

82

25.2

30- 40 years old

169

51.8

Over 40 years old

75

23

Number of patients covered

Less than 10

260

80.2

10 to 30

56

17.3

More than 30

8

2.5

  1. *Obstetrics, gynecology, infectious disease, clinic, transplant, lung, skin, respiratory isolation, poisoning, methadone, neurology, radiotherapy, crusher