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Table 2 Nurses participating in the study

From: Improvement in self-reported confidence in nurses’ professional skills in the emergency department

Variable

Year

Subgroups of Nurses in 2011

 

2007

2011

“New”

“Experienced”

Nurses

36

58

36

22

Women/Men

32/4

46/12

26/10

18/4

Age, years

39.2 ± 9.3

38.6 ± 10.5

35.5 ± 10.2

43.7 ± 9.1**

Professional experience, years

11.3 ± 8.8

10.6 ± 8.9

7.7 ± 7.9

15.4 ± 8.5***

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD.
  2. P values between “new” and “experienced” nurses were as follows: ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.