Missed nursing care in emergency departments: a cross-sectional descriptive study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 1 Frequency distribution of individual characteristics of nurses in emergency departments of selected hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences – 2020

Individual characteristics		Frequency	percentage	Standard deviation ± mean, maximum-minimum
Age (years)	Less than 30	61	41.8	32.5 ± 29.95 49–23
	39–30	62	42.5
	40 and above	23	15.8
	Total	146	100
Gender	Female	106	72.6
	Male	40	27.4
	Total	146	100
Hospital	Imam Khomeini	76	52.1
	Shariati	70	47.9
	Total	146	100
Position	Clinical nurse	136	93.2
	Staff	1	0.7
	Nurse manager	3	2.1
	Supervisor	6	4.1
	Total	146	100
Marital status	Single	56	38.4
	Married	88	60.2
	Other	2	1.4
	Total	146	100
Employment status	Official	48	32.9
	Full time	32	21.9
	Contractual	13	8.2
	Supernumerary	18	12.3
	Corporate	35	24
	Total	146	100
Type of work shift	Morning	11	7.5
	Evening	6	4.1
	Night	29	19.9
	Morning and evening	39	26.7
	Evening and night	24	16.4
	Circulatory	37	25.3
	Total	146	100
Education level	Bachelor’s degree	131	89.7
	Master’s degree	9	6.2
	Postgraduate student	5	3.4
	Doctorate	1	0.7
	Total	146	100
Work experience as a nurse (year)	Less than 5	44	30.1	8.5 ± 43.69 0.5–27 (years)
	5–9	49	33.6
	10–15	32	21.9
	Above 15	21	14.4
	Total	146	100
Work experience in emergency department (year)	Less than 5	70	47.9	5.4 ± 98.62 0.5–27 (years)
	5–10	42	28.8
	Above 10	34	23.3
	Total	146	100
Employment in other hospitals	Yes	96	65.8
	No	50	34.2
	total	146	100

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