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Table 4 Profiles of nurses’ workplace experience by work characteristics

From: A cross-sectional study on workplace experience: a survey of nurses in Quebec, Canada

   

Profile

In distress

In moderately positive situations

In positive situations

Total

(n = 231)

(n = 446)

(n = 214)

(n = 891)

Years of experience

Less than 1 year (n = 55)

% Row

34.5

45.5

20.0

100.0

 

% Column

8.2

5.6

5.1

6.2

1–5 years (n = 215)

% Row

27.9

52.6

19.5

100.0

 

% Column

26.0

25.3

19.6

24.1

6–10 years (n = 149)

% Row

29.5

43.6

26.8

100.0

 

% Column

19.0

14.6

18.7

16.7

11–20 years (n = 245)

% Row

21.2

50.6

28.2

100.0

 

% Column

22.5

27.8

32.2

27.5

21–30 years (n = 133)

% Row

27.8

47.4

24.8

100.0

 

% Column

16.0

14.1

15.4

14.9

31 years or more (n = 94)

% Row

20.2

59.6

20.2

100.0

 

% Column

8.2

12.6

8.9

10.5

Practice setting

Physical health care (n = 363)

% Row

28.1

50.4

21.5

100.0

 

% Column

44.2

41.0

36.4

40.7

Mental health care (n = 101)

% Row

25.7

49.5

24.8

100.0

 

% Column

11.3

11.2

11.7

11.3

Critical care (n = 189)*

% Row

28.6

54.5

16.9

100.0

 

% Column

23.4

23.1

15.0

21.2

Primary care (n = 238)*

% Row

20.6

46.2

33.2

100.0

 

% Column

21.2

24.7

36.9

26.7

Shift

Day (n = 533)*

% Row

22.0

50.7

27.4

100.0

 

% Column

50.6

60.5

68.2

59.8

Evening (n = 164)

% Row

31.1

48.2

20.7

100.0

 

% Column

22.1

17.7

15.9

18.4

Night (n = 103)*

% Row

33.0

52.4

14.6

100.0

 

% Column

14.7

12.1

7.0

11.6

Rotation (n = 91)

% Row

31.9

47.3

20.9

100.0

 

% Column

12.6

9.6

8.9

10.2

  1. *significant difference between profiles of work experience (p ≤ .05)