Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents, N = 127
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Discipline | |
 Nurse (includes nurse practitioner) | 125 (98.4) |
 Physician | 1 (0.8) |
 Others | 1 (0.8) |
Education | |
 Doctoral | 70 (55.1) |
 Masters | 50 (39.4) |
 Bachelors | 6 (4.7) |
 Others | 1 (0.8) |
Current role | |
 Educator | 41 (32.3) |
 Administrator | 21 (16.5) |
 Clinician | 16 (12.6) |
 Researcher | 12 (9.5) |
 Student | 3 (2.4) |
 Clinical nurse specialist/nurse leader | 20 (15.8) |
 Others | 14 (11.0) |
Organization type | |
 Hospital | 67 (52.3) |
 College or university | 40 (31.3) |
 Ambulatory clinic | 6 (4.7) |
 Community | 3 (2.3) |
 Long-term skilled care | 2 (1.6) |
 Others | 10 (7.8) |
Type of hospital | |
 Community | 31 (44.3) |
 Academic medical center | 19 (27.1) |
 Public (state or federal) | 12 (17.1) |
 Critical access hospital | 2 (2.9) |
 Others | 6 (8.6) |
Location | |
 USA | 107 (84.3) |
 Asia/Pacific Islands | 9 (7.1) |
 North America (non-US) | 5 (3.9) |
 Middle East | 4 (3.2) |
 Africa | 1 (0.8) |
 Europe | 1 (0.8) |
Purpose for using the implementation modela | |
 Student paper or assignment | 38 (18.2) |
 Organization EBP project | 38 (18.2) |
 Unit/clinic EBP project | 34 (16.3) |
 Classroom teaching | 30 (14.4) |
 Research/grant | 18 (8.6) |
 Publications/presentations | 15 (7.2) |
 Magnet® submission | 10 (4.8) |
 Others | 6 (2.9) |
 Have not used | 20 (9.6) |
User rated experience with model | |
 Expert—extensive experience, highly skilled, confident, able to hone in on solutions | 11(10.9) |
 Proficient—skilled, experienced, confident, able to troubleshoot problems | 14 (13.9) |
 Competent—building skill and experience but confident in use | 39 (38.6) |
 Advanced beginner—just beginning, developing experience and confidence | 33 (32.7) |
 Novice—lacking experience and confidence | 4 (4.0) |