Nurses’ Work Methods Assessment Scale: A Construct Validation

Table 1

Participants’ sociodemographic and professional descriptive measures.

Total	n = 325
Gender n (%)
Male	62 (19.1)
Feminine	263 (80.9)
Age (years)
Mean (±SD)	38.4 (8.1)
Minimum; Q1; median; Q3; maximum	25; 33; 38; 43; 62
Marital status n (%)
Not married	110 (33.8)
Married/nonmarital partnership	198 (60.9)
Divorced	16 (4.9)
Widower	1 (0.3)
Educational qualification n (%)
Bachelor’s degree	2 (0.6)
Graduation	285 (87.7)
Master’s degree	37 (11.4)
Doctorate degree	1 (0.3)
Work context n (%)
Department of medicine service	137 (42.1)
Department of surgery service	111 (34.2)
Department of intensive care medicine	77 (23.7)
Condition of exercise of the profession n (%)
Nurse	230 (70.8)
Specialist nurse	95 (29.2)
Professional practice time as a nurse
Mean (±SD)	14.7 (8.1)
Minimum; Q1; median; Q3; maximum	3; 8; 14.5; 19; 40
Professional practice time as a specialist nurse
Mean (±SD)	16.8 (8.1)
Minimum; Q1; median; Q3; maximum	6; 11; 16; 21.5; 35
Time of professional practice in the current service as a nurse
Mean (±SD)	10.2 (8.8)
Minimum; Q1; median; Q3; maximum	1; 3; 6; 16; 37
Time of professional practice in the current service as a specialist nurse
Mean (±SD)	8.5 (6.4)
Minimum; Q1; median; Q3; maximum	1; 3.5; 6; 13; 27
Specialty area n (%)
Medical-surgical nursing	21 (22.1)
Nursing to the person in critical situation	1 (1.1)
Rehabilitation nursing	54 (56.8)
Mental health and psychiatric nursing	3 (3.2)
Maternal and obstetric health nursing	4 (4.2)
Community nursing	4 (4.2)
Community health and public health nursing	8 (8.4)
Specialty time of professional practice (years)
Mean (±SD)	4.5 (4.5)
Minimum; Q1; median; Q3; maximum	1; 2; 3; 6; 26

Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile; SD, standard deviation.