Perspectives of Executive Nurse Leaders on Advanced Practice Nursing in Saudi Arabia: Challenges to be Overcome and Opportunities to be Seized

Table 1

Demographic characteristics (n = 11).

Variables	Category	Frequency (%)
Gender	Male	7 (63.6)
	Female	4 (36.3)
Highest level of education	BSN	1 (9)
	Diploma	1 (9)
	Master	7 (63.3)
	PhD	2 (18)
MSN country	USA	3 (42.8)
	UK	1 (14)
	Australia	1 (14)
	Saudi Arabia	2 (28)
PhD country	UK	2 (100)
Overall years of experience	10–20	2 (18)
	20–30	6 (54)
	>30	3 (27)
Years of experience in leadership	≤5	1 (9)
	6–10	3 (27)
	11–20	3 (27)
	≥20–30	4 (36)
APN degree	Yes	3 (27)
	No	8 (72)
Type of APN specialty	Pediatric and adults (dual)	1 (33)
	Geriatric	2 (66)
Executive degree in leadership	Yes	6 (54)
	No	5 (45)
Country of education	USA	3 (50)
	UK	1 (16)
	Others	2 (33)
Work institution type	Private	1 (9)
	Tertiary	7 (63)
	Health cluster	3 (27)
APN role implemented	Yes	5 (45%)
	No	6 (54)

Note. APN: advanced practice nursing; BSN: Bachelor of Science in Nursing; MSN: Master of Science in Nursing.