Research Article

Nurses and Physicians Attitudes toward Nurse-Physician Collaboration: A Survey from Gaza Strip, Palestine

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants ().

VariablesPhysicians
() (%)
Nurses
() (%)
Total
() (%)

Gender
 Male97 (96)182 (58.1)279 (67.4)
 Female4 (4)131 (41.9)135 (32.6)
Age
 ≤35 years20 (20.2)197 (63.4)217 (52.4)
 >35 years79 (79.8)114 (36.6)193 (46.6)
Place of work
 Surgical77 (76.2)147 (47.0)224 (54.1)
 Internal medicine24 (23.8)81 (25.9)105 (25.4)
 Maternity081 (25.9)81 (19.6)
Years of experience
 ≤10 years33 (32.6)200 (63.9)233 (56.2)
 11–20 years57 (56.4)63 (20.1)120 (29)
 >21 years11 (10.9)50 (16.0)61 (14.4)
Education
 Diploma116 (37.1)117 (28.3)
 Bachelor28 (27.6)164 (52.4)192 (46.3)
 Master41 (40.6)21 (6.7)62 (15.0)
 Ph.D.7 (6.9)4 (1.3)11 (2.7)
 Board25 (24.8)25 (6)