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