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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Perspectives of primary care nurses on the organization of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: a qualitative study

Demographic Characteristics

British

Columbia

N = 13

Ontario

N = 27

Nova Scotia

N = 20

Newfoundland & Labrador

N = 16

Total

N = 76

Gender,n(%)

     

Man or non-binarya

2 (15.4)

1 (3.7)

1 (5.0)

0 (0)

4 (5.3)

Woman

11 (84.6)

26 (96.3)

19 (95.0)

16 (100)

72 (94.7)

Nurse type, n (%)

     

NP

2 (15.4)

9 (33.3)

8 (40.0)

5 (31.3)

24 (31.6)

RN

11 (84.6)

9 (33.3)

11 (55.0)

6 (37.5)

37 (48.7)

LPN/RPN

0 (0)

9 (33.3)

1 (5.0)

5 (31.3)

15 (19.7)

Clinic nature of practiceb, n (%)

     

General family practice

13 (100.0)

22 (81.5)

19 (95.0)

15 (93.8)

69 (90.8)

Focused practice

0 (0)

5 (18.5)

1 (5.0)

1 (6.3)

7 (9.2)

Nurse nature of practicec, n (%)

     

General family practice

11 (84.6)

20 (74.1)

19 (95.0)

10 (62.5)

60 (78.9)

Focused practice

2 (15.4)

7 (25.9)

1 (5.0)

6 (37.5)

16 (21.1)

Community size, n (%)

     

Rural

1 (7.7)

10 (37.0)

11 (55.0)

6 (37.5)

28 (36.8)

Small urban

3 (23.1)

5 (18.5)

6 (30.0)

0 (0)

14 (18.4)

Urban

9 (69.2)

12 (44.4)

3 (15.0)

9 (56.3)

33 (43.4)

Mixedd

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (6.3)

1 (1.3)

Years in nursing practice, mean (SD)

17.7 (11.2)

13.6 (10.1)

15.6 (11.3)

14.0 (9.8)

14.9 (10.3)

  1. Abbreviations: NP, nurse practitioner; RN, registered nurse; LPN/RPN, licensed practical nurse/registered practical nurse; SD, standard deviation
  2. aNon-binary participants were grouped with men to protect confidentiality due to small numbers and to represent minority genders in our participant sample/the nursing profession
  3. bWhether the clinic that the nurse works in serves a broad population or focuses on a specialized area, such as a specific patient population or medical condition (e.g., diabetes clinic, low-barrier walk-in clinic)
  4. cWhether the nurse’s role involves providing a broad range of services to the general population or focuses on a specialized area, such as a specific patient population or medical condition (e.g., chronic disease management, outreach work)
  5. dNurse worked at multiple sites with clinic populations that were a mixture of rural/urban/small urban
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