The Effect of Mentoring on Career Satisfaction of Registered Nurses and Intent to Stay in the Nursing Profession

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of categorical demographic data (𝑁=173).

Demographics	Frequency^a	Percent
Gender (𝑛=173)
Female	150	86.70
Male	23	13.30
Region (𝑛=173)
New England	16	9.20
Middle Atlantic	48	27.70
South Atlantic	16	9.20
East South Central	14	8.10
West South Central	12	6.90
East North Central	15	8.70
West North Central	16	9.20
Mountain	8	4.60
Pacific	28	16.20
Highest level of nursing education (𝑛=173)
Diploma	11	6.40
Associate’s degree	61	35.30
Bachelor’s degree	70	40.50
Master’s degree	31	17.90
Currently enrolled in advanced degree (𝑛=173)
Yes	48	27.70
No	125	72.30
Current area of practice (𝑛=171)^b
Clinical setting (𝑛=154)
Full-time	114	65.90
Part-time	40	23.10
Education (𝑛=31)
Full-time	16	9.20
Part-time	15	8.70
Administration (𝑛=26)
Full-time	19	11.00
Part-time	7	4.00
Research (𝑛=2)
Full-time	1	0.60
Part-time	1	0.60
Mentoring relationship (𝑛=173)
Total yes	136	78.60
Formal	25	14.50
Informal	71	41.00
Both	40	23.10
None	37	21.40
Role in mentoring relationship (𝑛=170)
Mentor	32	18.50
Protégé	24	13.90
Both	77	44.50
None	37	21.40
Choose nursing again (𝑛=172)
Yes	145	83.80
No	27	15.60
Recommend nursing (𝑛=172)
Yes	152	87.90
No	20	11.60

^aTotals do not include missing data.
^b Two of the subjects did not indicate an area of current practice.