Research Article
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 (
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| Demographics | Frequencya | Percent |
| Gender () | | | Female | 150 | 86.70 | Male | 23 | 13.30 |
| Region () | | | 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 () | | | 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 () | | | Yes | 48 | 27.70 | No | 125 | 72.30 |
| Current area of practice ()b | | | Clinical setting () | | | Full-time | 114 | 65.90 | Part-time | 40 | 23.10 | Education () | | | Full-time | 16 | 9.20 | Part-time | 15 | 8.70 | Administration () | | | Full-time | 19 | 11.00 | Part-time | 7 | 4.00 | Research () | | | Full-time | 1 | 0.60 | Part-time | 1 | 0.60 |
| Mentoring relationship () | | | 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 () | | | Mentor | 32 | 18.50 | Protégé | 24 | 13.90 | Both | 77 | 44.50 | None | 37 | 21.40 |
| Choose nursing again () | | | Yes | 145 | 83.80 | No | 27 | 15.60 |
| Recommend nursing () | | | Yes | 152 | 87.90 | No | 20 | 11.60 |
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aTotals do not include missing data.
b Two of the subjects did not indicate an area of current practice.
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