2016 STUDY CRITICAL CARE NURSING PROFILE HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP? N 1 male


urse.com conducted a study of its readership to help us learn more about critical care nurses. Our RN readership gave us feedback on many aspects of their professional lives, particularly


about where and how long they have worked in the specialty, their job satisfaction, why they chose to work in critical care and why they continue to work in this specialty.


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11%


WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY 89%


57% female age 19%


18-25 26-34 35-54 55-64 65+ 1%


3% 2 FACILITY TYPE 88% 3


Our readers said observation is the No. 1 trait/skill used by critical care nurses.


of participants work in the acute care setting


TOP THREE TRAITS/SKILLS 29% 1. Observation Source: Nurse.com 2016 critical care nurse study 18 MARCH/APRIL 2016 • MID-ATLANTIC 25% 2. Adaptability 13% 3. Decisiveness 26%


work in trauma


20% 4 JOB SATISFACTION


Would you recommend working in critical care to other nurses?


of respondents 97% 69%


have a BSN or higher level of nursing education


SAID YES


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