Table 1 Demographic, work, and practice characteristics of NPs
From: Dementia care management in primary care practices: a descriptive study among nurse practitioners
Characteristics | N = 968 |
|---|---|
Demographics | |
Age | |
Mean (SD) | 47.5 (11.57) |
Range | 26–81 |
Sex, % (n) | |
Female | 89.3 (815) |
Race, % (n) | |
White | 88.8 (809) |
Black | 5.7 (52) |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3 (3) |
Asian | 2.6 (24) |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 0.2 (2) |
Hispanic or Latino, % (n) | |
Yes | 5.3 (48) |
Work Characteristics | |
Years in current position | |
Mean (SD) | 7.74 (6.94) |
Range | 0.08–42 |
Highest Degree Earned, % (n) | |
Master’s Degree | 81.8 (746) |
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) | 15.5 (141) |
Other | 2.7 (25) |
Average hours worked per week | |
Mean (SD) | 40.7 (10.37) |
≤ 20 | 3.9 (37) |
21–30 | 6.3 (60) |
31–40 | 62.2 (590) |
> 40 | 27.6 (262) |
Practice Characteristics | |
Main practice setting, % (n) | |
Physician practice | 56.3 (541) |
Community health center | 10.6 (102) |
Hospital-based clinic | 14.4 (138) |
Retail-based clinic | 0.8 (8) |
Urgent care clinic | 6.5 (62) |
Nurse managed health center | 2.8 (27) |
Number of PCP in the clinic | |
Nurse practitioners, Mean (SD) | 4.6 (6.47) |
1 | 14.1 (133) |
2–4 | 55.4 (524) |
5–10 | 24.6 (233) |
> 10 | 5.9 (56) |
Physician assistants, Mean (SD) | 0.9 (3.99) |
Physicians, Mean (SD) | 4.6 (9.77) |
Practice location, % (n) | |
Rural | 27.2 (263) |
Urban | 72.8 (704) |
NP managing patients as the main provider, % (n) | |
Yes, independently | 35.9 (342) |
Yes, independently and with other providers | 52.0 (495) |
No | 9.0 (86) |