Social Interaction and Collaboration among Oncology Nurses

Table 1

Participant demographics ().

Variable	Category	Percentage
Gender	Male	14	2
	Female	86	12
Age	<36 years	22	3
	37–45 years	22	3
	46–55 years	36	5
	56–65 years	22	3
Highest nursing education	Diploma (equivalent to associate degree)	36	5
	Bachelor of Science	22	3
	Master of Science/Nursing	43	6
Nursing role	Staff RN	14	2
	Patient discharge coordinator	14	2
	Patient care coordinator	14	2
	Director of nursing	7	1
	Research nurse coordinator	7	1
	Clinical nurse specialist	7	1
	Nurse practitioner	14	2
	Nurse educator	7	1
	Clinical manager	14	2
Experience in current oncology nursing role	<5 years	43	6
	6–10 years	7	1
	11–15 years	14	2
	16–20 years	14	2
	>20 years	22	3
Clinical unit type	In-patient	50	7
	Out-patient (ambulatory)	50	7
Clinical disease sites	Malignant hematology (leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma)	29	4
	Allo. and auto. bone marrow transplant	14	2
	Solid tumors (head and neck, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecology, prostate, lung, breast)	29	4
	Palliative care	14	2
	All disease sites	14	2