Research Article
Validation of Geriatric Care Environment Scale in Portuguese Nurses
Table 2
Nurse demographics and professional characteristics.
| | Variable | Study sample ( 1068) | | (%) | M | SD |
| | Age | | 34.1 | 8.5 | | Gender | | | | | Male | 217 (20.3) | | | | Female | 851 (79.7) | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | Caucasian | 1050 (98.4) | | | | Other | 18 (1.6) | | | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 485 (45.4) | | | | Divorced | 366 (34.3) | | | | Married | 190 (17.8) | | | | Other | 27 (2.6) | | | | Nursing college degree | | | | | Registered nurses | 801 (83.3) | | | | RN specialist1 | 151 (14.1) | | | | Master’s/doctorate | 27 (2.6) | | | | Professional nursing category | | | | | Registered nurses | 949 (88.8) | | | | Specialized registered nurses | 119 (11.2) | | | | Geriatric education or training | | | | | Never | 922 (86.3) | | | | Short duration courses | 94 (8.8) | | | | Master’s/doctorate | 52 (4.9) | | | | Hospital type | | | | | Academic | 647 (60.6) | | | | Hospital centers | 421 (39.4) | | | | Principal unit worked | | | | | Medical units | 536 (50.2) | | | | Surgical units | 331 (31.0) | | | | Critical care | 201 (18.8) | | | | Years of experience in the profession | | 11.3 | 8.4 | | Years of work at the institution | | 10.0 | 8.1 | | Years of work in the current unit | | 7.5 | 6.5 |
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The RN specialist is a certificate by the Portuguese’s Nursing Council.
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