Item | Mean (range) | ||
Nursing experience | Mean length | 21 years and 7 months | |
(Range) | (6 years, 2 months to 41 years, 9 months) | ||
Infertility nursing experience | Mean length | 12 years and 2 months | |
(Range) | (4 years, 6 months to 29 years, 8 months) | ||
n | % | ||
Nursing qualifications | Nurse, midwife | 35 | 50.7 |
Nurse | 26 | 37.7 | |
Nurse, public health nurse | 4 | 5.8 | |
Nurse, midwife, public health nurse | 3 | 4.3 | |
No response | 1 | 1.4 | |
Age | 45 to 54 years | 40 | 58.0 |
35 to 44 years | 20 | 29.0 | |
25 to 34 years | 4 | 5.8 | |
55 to 64 years | 4 | 5.8 | |
No response | 1 | 1.4 | |
Facility of employment | Clinic | 33 | 47.8 |
General hospital | 17 | 24.6 | |
University hospital | 16 | 23.2 | |
Other institution | 2 | 2.9 | |
No response | 1 | 1.4 | |
Place of employment | Infertility department or reproductive medicine center | 40 | 58.0 |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 22 | 31.9 | |
Other department | 3 | 4.3 | |
No response | 4 | 5.8 | |
Position | Full-time outpatient nurse | 49 | 71.0 |
Outpatient and ward nurse | 10 | 14.5 | |
Full-time ward nurse | 6 | 8.7 | |
Other | 3 | 4.3 | |
No response | 1 | 1.4 | |
Treatment system | Part-time reproductive medicine specialist in the urology department | 19 | 27.5 |
Full-time urologist who is not a reproductive medicine specialist | 16 | 23.2 | |
No urologist, reference given | 13 | 18.8 | |
No urologist, only a gynecologist | 7 | 10.1 | |
Full-time reproductive medicine specialist in the urology department | 5 | 7.2 | |
Part-time urologist who is not a reproductive medicine specialist | 4 | 5.8 | |
No response | 5 | 7.2 | |
Opportunities to talk to a urologist | Yes | 33 | 47.8 |
No | 32 | 46.4 | |
No response | 4 | 5.8 | |
Took classes on nursing care for male infertility patients | Yes | 60 | 87.0 |
No | 4 | 5.8 | |
Not sure | 4 | 5.8 | |
No response | 1 | 1.4 |