Characteristics of participants who completed the simulation (n=273)
| Current guidelines (n=133) | User-tested guidelines (n=140) | ||
| Number of female participants (% within group) | 116 (87) | 125 (89) | |
| Mean age (SD) | 35.9 (10.3) | 35.3 (10.7) | |
| Median years nursing experience (IQR) | 7.0 (4.0–14.0) | 8.5 (3.0–14.8) | |
| Median years authorised to give intravenous medicines (IQR) | 6.5 (3.0–12.0) | 6.8 (3.0–13.4) | |
| Median percentage of shifts in which intravenous medicines administered (IQR) | 100 (90–100) | 100 (95–100) | |
| Number with English as first language (% within group) | 109 (82) | 105 (75) | |
| Previous experience of the NHS Injectable Medicines Guide (% within group) | Regular user | 91 (68) | 98 (70) |
| Past user | 12 (9) | 14 (10) | |
| Seen | 21 (16) | 14 (10) | |
| Not seen | 9 (7) | 14 (10) | |
| Number of participants from each NHS trust (% within group) | 1 | 43 (32) | 43 (31) |
| 2 | 25 (19) | 25 (18) | |
| 3 | 36 (27) | 41 (29) | |
| 4 | 29 (22 | 31 (22) | |
NHS, National Health Service.