The Power of Synergy: An Academic/Clinical Partnership for Transformational Change

Table 5

Characteristics of survey respondents.

Survey respondents	Clinical specialty	Years since registration as nurse	Years in current service
Mentors ()	Acute medical/surgical wards and a small regional hospital	All >10 years	6 × >10 yrs; 1 × 5–10 yrs
Nurses in 2010 cohort ()	Perioperative, ICU, oncology and continuing education	7 × >10 yrs; 1 × 5–10 yrs	2 × >10 yrs; 5 × 5–10 yrs; 1 × <5 yrs
Nurses in 2011 cohort ()	ICU and medical nursing	5 × >10 yrs; 1 × <5 yrs	1 × >10 yrs; 2 × 5–10 yrs; 3 × <5 yrs