Table 3 Description of the questions regarding self-evaluated clinical competence, continuing education and acquisition of electronic health care information. N = 337; RN = 95 & PN = 242
Variable | Count | % | RN Count | % | PN Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selfevaluation clinical competence | Very good | 93 | 27.6 | 35 | 36.8 | 58 | 24.0 |
Good | 198 | 58.8 | 51 | 53.7 | 147 | 60.7 | |
Pretty Good | 42 | 12.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 33 | 13.6 | |
Weak | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | |||
Very weak | |||||||
Missing | 3 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.2 | |||
Continuing education during worktime | 0 days/year | 215 | 63.8 | 56 | 58.9 | 160 | 66.1 |
1–3 days/year | 98 | 29.1 | 32 | 33.7 | 65 | 26.9 | |
4–20 days/year | 22 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.4 | 15 | 6.2 | |
> 60 days/year | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | |||
Missing | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | |||
Continuing education outside worktime | Yes | 40 | 11.9 | 12 | 12.6 | 28 | 11.6 |
No | 292 | 86.6 | 83 | 87.4 | 209 | 86.4 | |
Missing | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 2.1 | |||
Finnish Current Care Guidelines | Daily | 25 | 7.4 | 6 | 6.3 | 19 | 7.9 |
Weekly | 100 | 29.7 | 41 | 43.2 | 59 | 24.4 | |
Monthly | 158 | 46.9 | 42 | 44.2 | 116 | 47.9 | |
Never | 54 | 16.0 | 6 | 6.3 | 48 | 19.8 | |
Swedish Current Care Guidelines | Daily | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 2.1 | ||
Weekly | 40 | 11.9 | 6 | 6.3 | 34 | 14.0 | |
Monthly | 91 | 27.0 | 28 | 29.5 | 63 | 26.0 | |
Never | 201 | 59.6 | 61 | 64.2 | 140 | 57.9 | |
Daily | 13 | 3.9 | 6 | 6.3 | 7 | 2.9 | |
Weekly | 103 | 30.6 | 33 | 34.7 | 70 | 28.9 | |
Monthly | 147 | 43.6 | 34 | 35.8 | 113 | 46.7 | |
Never | 74 | 22.0 | 22 | 23.2 | 52 | 21.5 |