Table 1 Demographic profile and descriptive statistics of HPS constructs
From: Relation between Halls’ Professionalism Scale and nurses’ demographic characteristics
Item numbers | Demographic variables | Percentages |
|---|---|---|
Item 1 | Gender | |
Male | 11.45 | |
Female | 88.55 | |
Item 2 | Age | |
Less than 30 | 24.70 | |
31–39 years | 29.52 | |
40–49 years | 31.33 | |
50 + | 14.45 | |
Item 3 | Age becoming a professional nurse | |
< 25 years | 70.48 | |
25–29 years | 19.28 | |
30 + years | 10.24 | |
Item 4 | Undergraduate qualifications | |
Baccalaureate degree | 34.34 | |
Diploma | 65.66 | |
Item 5 | Marital status | |
Single | 49.40 | |
Married | 50.60 | |
Item 6 | Number of children | |
1 | 24.17 | |
2 | 45.00 | |
3 + | 30.83 | |
Item 7 | Employment sector | |
Public health care sector | 59.04 | |
Private health care sector | 40.96 | |
Item 8 | Years’ nursing experience | |
< 1 | 4.82 | |
2–3 | 6.63 | |
4–5 | 12.05 | |
6–10 | 15.06 | |
11–15 | 16.87 | |
16–24 | 17.47 | |
25–30 | 21.08 | |
31–35 | 3.61 | |
36 + | 2.41 | |
Item 9 | International experience | |
Yes | 7.83 | |
No | 92.17 | |
Item 10 | Employment status | |
Full time | 95.18 | |
Temporary | 4.82 | |
Item 11 | Satisfaction with nursing as a career | |
Yes | 79.52 | |
No | 20.48 |
Constructs | Cronbach alpha | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
Cronbach alpha, mean (M) and standard deviations (SD) of HPS constructs | |||
Autonomy | 0.66 | 2.71 | 0.76 |
Sense of calling to the field | 0.72 | 2.53 | 0.69 |
Belief in self-regulation | 0.63 | 2.71 | 0.75 |
Using professional organization as a major referent | 0.52 | 2.86 | 1.03 |
Belief in public service | 0.52 | 1.97 | 0.63 |