Table 1 Training experience, work experience in Emergency department and triage experience of nurses in Three Hospitals, South Ethiopia, 2018
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Male | 43 | 42.6 |
Female | 58 | 57.4 | |
Sex (years) | ≤ 30 | 87 | 86.1 |
> 30 | 14 | 13.9 | |
Education | Diploma in nursing | 26 | 25.70 |
BSc. in nursing | 88 | 67.30 | |
MSc in nursing | 7 | 6.90 | |
Training experience | Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS) | 7 | 6.9 |
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) | 6 | 5.9 | |
Triage Officer Course (ToC) | 20 | 19.8 | |
Trauma in Nursing Care (TNC) | 8 | 7.9 | |
Emergency Care | 16 | 15.8 | |
Disaster Management | 6 | 5.9 | |
Others | 4 | 3.96 | |
Work experience in emergency department (years) | < 3 | 80 | 79.2 |
3–5 | 15 | 14.9 | |
≥ 5 | 6 | 5.9 | |
Triage experience (years) | ≤ 3 | 98 | 97 |
≥ 3 | 3 | 3 |