Revealing a gap in the clinical competence of nursing staff in nursing homes: a cross-sectional study with the Ms. Olsen test

Table 2 Characteristics of participants. N = 337, RN = 95 & PN = 242

Variable		Count	%	RN Count	%	PN count	%
Gender	Female	325	96.4	90	94.7	235	97.1
	Male	10	3.0	4	4.2	6	2.5
	Missing& Other	2	0.3	1	1.1	1	0.4
Education	Masters in Nursing	10	2.8	10	10.5
	Bachelor in Nursing	85	24.2	85	89.5
	Bachelor in Social Work	6	1.7			6	2.5
	Practical nurse	231	65.8			231	95. 5
	Specialist vocational qualifications in elderly care	5	1.4			5	2.1
Age	18–30	81	24.0	19	20.0	62	25.6
	31–50	135	40.1	45	47.4	90	37.2
	51–60	103	30.6	24	25.3	79	32.6
	61–68	16	4.7	7	7.4	9	3.7
	Missing	2	0.6			2	0.8
Work place	Sheltered housing	90	26.7	24	25.3	66	27.3
	Institutional care	247	73.3	71	74.7	176	72.7
Ownership	Municipality	254	75.4	74	77.9	180	74.4
	Private	52	15.4	10	10.5	42	17.4
	Third sector	31	9.2	11	11.6	20	8.3
Position	Head Nurse or Leader	24	7.1	22	23.2	2	0.8
	RN	67	19.9	67	70.5
	Social Worker	2	0.6			2	0.8
	PN	235	69.7	4	4.2	231	95.5
	Carer	8	2.4	2	2.1	6	2.5
	Care assistant	1	0.3			1	0.4
Mother tongue	Swedish	193	57.3	52	54.7	141	58.3
	Finnish	127	37.7	39	41.1	88	36.4
	Other	17	5.1	4	4.3	13	5.4
Working language	Swedish	198	58.8	52	54.7	146	60.3
	Finnish	139	41.2	43	45.3	96	39.7
Position type	Permanent	264	78.3	74	77.9	190	78.5
	Temporary	64	19.0	18	18.9	46	19.0
	Occasionally	9	2.7	3	3.2	6	2.5
Position size	up to 75%	92	27.3	18	18.9	74	30.6
	76–100%	242	71.8	77	81.1	165	68.2
	Missing	3	0.9			3	1.2

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