New Publication Focuses on Nurses Returning to School
(Tables and Figure)
| Variable |
% of Total |
|
|---|---|---|
|
Degree Type |
Diploma/Vocational | 6.2% |
| Associate’s of Nursing | 39.0% | |
| Bachelor’s of Nursing | 38.7% | |
| Master’s of Nursing | 14.4% | |
| Doctorate in Nursing | 1.6% | |
| Employment | Full-time | 75.7% |
| Part-time | 24.3% | |
|
Primary Position |
Staff Nurse | 56.7% |
| Nurse Manager | 11.1% | |
| Other, Health Related | 9.5% | |
| Advanced Practice Nurse | 8.5% | |
| Nurse Educator | 4.6% | |
| Nurse Executive | 2.6% | |
| Nurse Consultant | 1.0% | |
| No Answer | 5.9% | |
|
Primary Speciality |
Acute Care | 14.8% |
| Adult/Family Health | 3.9% | |
| Geriatric/Gerontology | 7.9% | |
| Home Health | 1.6% | |
| Maternal/Child Health | 3.3% | |
| Medical/Surgical | 10.5% | |
| Oncology | 1.6% | |
| Other, Health Related | 20.0% | |
| Pediatrics/Neonatal | 2.6% | |
| Primary Care | 3.3% | |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | 3.0% | |
| Public Health | 7.5% | |
| Rehabilitation | 2.6% | |
| School Health | 6.2% | |
| Women’s Health | 1.6% | |
| All Other | 4.4% | |
| No Answer | 5.2% | |
| Gender | Male | 5.9% |
| Female | 93.1% | |
| Unknown | 1.0% | |
|
Marital Status |
Single | 8.5% |
| Married or Cohabitating | 81.0% | |
| Divorced/Widowed | 9.2% | |
| No Answer | 1.3% | |
|
Pre-Tax Household Income |
Less than $30,000 | 2.3% |
| $30,000 to $49,999 | 9.2% | |
| $50,000 to $69,999 | 20.7% | |
| $70,000 to $99,999 | 29.5% | |
| $100,000 or More | 35.1% | |
| No Answer | 3.3% | |
| Race | White/Caucasian | 94.8% |
| All Other | 5.2% | |
|
Plans to Return to School |
No | 59.0% |
| Yes, in more than 5 years | 5.6% | |
| Yes, in 3 to 5 years | 8.9% | |
| Yes, within the next 3 years | 26.6% | |
|
Age Group |
Total in Sample |
Responded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | ||
| <=35 | 594 | 182 | 30.6% |
| 36-44 | 413 | 152 | 36.8% |
| 45-54 | 488 | 197 | 40.4% |
| 55+ | 507 | 256 | 50.5% |
| Unknown | 80 | 9 | 11.3% |
| Total | 2,082 | 796 | 38.2% |