Demographic Information
A total of 260 hospital nurses participated in the study. Their ages ranged from 21 to 55 years with a mean age of 32.05 years (standard deviation = 6.93 years). Ninety-eight participants (37.7%) were between 26 and 30 years of age and almost 88% of the sample were younger than 40 years. Approximately half registered their nursing license between 1990 and 1999 (125 of 249; 50.2%) and 83 of 259 (32.0%) had between 6 and 10 years of experience. Almost two-thirds of the participants had a bachelor's degree (169 of 257; 65.8%), whereas 20 participants (7.8%) had a master's degree and none were doctorally prepared.