From Blank Canvas to Masterwork: Creating a Professional Practice Model at a Magnet Hospital

Table 1

Demographic data.

(a) Registered nurse roles

Current role
Direct care positions
Clinical leader	7	10.6
Clinical resource nurse	6	9.1
Direct care nurse	16	24.2
Clinical leadership positions
Care manager	9	13.6
Clinical nurse specialist	6	9.1
Management positions
Director of nursing	3	4.5
Nurse manager	8	12.0
Senior leader	1	1.5
Other responses
Other	9	13.6
No response	1	1.5
Total	66	100

(b) Areas of practice

Areas of practice
Administration	1	1.5
Clinical education	4	6.1
Critical care nursing	3	4.5
Emergency nursing	2	3.0
Medical nursing	9	13.6
Outpatient nursing	4	6.1
Pediatric nursing	1	1.5
Perioperative nursing	5	7.6
Surgical nursing	13	19.7
Women’s health, obstetrics, neonatal	1	1.5
Other	23	34.8
Total	66	100

(c) Years as a registered nurse

Years
Less than one year–1 year	3	4.5
2–5 years	3	4.5
6–10 years	8	12.1
11–15 years	14	21.2
16–20 years	6	9.1
21–25 + years	21	48.5
Total	66	100

(d) Registered nurse degrees

Diploma		Associate’s degree		Bachelor of science		Master of science		Total
4	6.1	14	21.2	36	54.5	12	18.2	66	100