Characteristics

Continuing education in the past three years

Chi2

p

Participation

No participation

N (%)

N (%)

Work unit

8.10

0.004

Community health service center

48 (94.1%)

3 (5.9%)

Township hospital

147 (76.2%)

46 (23.8%)

Sex

3.96

0.202

Male

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

Female

197 (80.1%)

49 (19.9%)

Age (year)

22.66

<0.001

≤25

46 (67.6%)

22 (32.4%)

26 - 35

80 (74.1%)

28 (25.9%)

36 - 45

60 (96.8%)

2 (3.2%)

>45

14 (100%)

0 (0%)

Post

2.83

0.243

Head nurse

22 (91.7%)

2 (8.3%)

Administrative secretary of nursing department

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

Nurse

174 (77.7%)

50 (22.3%)

Professional title

31.46

<0.001

Chief/co-chief nurse

12 (100%)

0 (0%)

Supervisor nurse

54 (100%)

0 (0%)

Senior nurse

55 (83.3%)

11 (16.7%)

Nurse

76 (65.5%)

40 (34.5%)

Education

3.64

0.162

Secondary vocational education

23 (69.7%)

10 (30.3%)

Junior college education

119 (78.3%)

33 (21.7%)

Bachelor or above education

55 (85.9%)

9 (14.1%)

Organizational affiliation

57.80

<0.001

Established

129 (97.7%)

3 (2.3%)

Non-established

68 (58.6%)

48 (41.4%)

Unit support

5.61

0.061

No support

13 (86.7%)

2 (13.3%)

Unknown

16 (61.5%)

10 (38.5%)

Support

166 (80.6%)

40 (19.4%)

Hospital policies

1.96

0.375

Satisfactory

131 (76.6%)

40 (23.4%)

Unknown

26 (83.9%)

5 (16.1%)

Unsatisfactory

39 (84.8%)

7 (15.2%)