Hospital type | Public | 1008 | 82.4 |
Private | 214 | 17.5 |
Position | Nurse | 735 | 60 |
Physician/physician in training | 101 | 8.3 |
Pharmacist | 37 | 3 |
Dietician | 5 | 0.4 |
Unit assistant/clerk/secretary | 33 | 2.7 |
Respiratory therapist | 20 | 1.6 |
Physical, occupational or speech therapist | 18 | 1.5 |
Technician (eg, EKG, lab, radiology) | 93 | 7.6 |
Administration/management | 34 | 2.8 |
Other; please specify: | 77 | 6.3 |
Primary work area/unit | Many different hospital units | 64 | 5.2 |
Medicine (non-surgical) | 118 | 9.6 |
Surgery | 177 | 14.5 |
Obstetrics | 50 | 4.1 |
Paediatrics | 89 | 7.3 |
Emergency department | 20 | 1.6 |
Intensive care unit (any type) | 192 | 15.7 |
Psychiatry/mental health | 1 | 0.1 |
Rehabilitation | 45 | 3.7 |
Pharmacy | 39 | 3.2 |
Laboratory | 54 | 4.4 |
Radiology | 34 | 2.8 |
Anaesthesiology | 36 | 2.9 |
Other | 182 | 14.9 |
Professional experience (years) | <1 | 107 | 8.7 |
1–5 | 380 | 31 |
6–10 | 279 | 22.8 |
11–15 | 201 | 16.4 |
16–20 | 107 | 8.7 |
21 or more | 118 | 9.6 |
Hospital experience (years) | <1 | 249 | 20.3 |
1–5 | 536 | 43.8 |
6–10 | 247 | 20.2 |
11–15 | 107 | 8.7 |
16–20 | 42 | 3.4 |
21 or more | 20 | 1.6 |
Work unit experience (years) | <1 | 255 | 20.8 |
1–5 | 604 | 49.3 |
6–10 | 204 | 16.7 |
11–15 | 84 | 6.9 |
16–20 | 33 | 2.8 |
21 or more | 14 | 1.2 |
Working hours per week | <20 h | 26 | 2.1 |
20–39 h | 62 | 5.1 |
40–59 h | 901 | 73.6 |
60–79 h | 165 | 13.5 |
80 h or more | 32 | 2.6 |