| Students N = 577 n (%) | Nurses N = 388 n (%) | Clinical lecturers N = 98 n (%) | Lecturers N = 28 n (%) | ||
| Gender | Female | 518 (90) | 366 (94) | 92 (94) | 27 (96) |
| Age | Years, mean (range) | 28 (20 - 52) | 44 (25 - 64) | 54 (34 - 65) | 51 (36 - 64) |
| Qualifications | Reg. Nurse, | 296 (77) | 41 (42) | 15 (54) | |
| Specialist Nurse | 91 (23) | 57 (58) | 13 (46) | ||
| Highest academic degree | BSc (180 credits) | 203 (57) | 8 (8) | - | |
| MSc (60 credits) | 29 (8) | 8 (87) | 22 (79) | ||
| MSc (120 credits) | 2 (1) | - | 1 (4) | ||
| PhD (420 credits) | - | 5 (5) | 5 (17) | ||
| Pedagogical qualifications | Supervisor training, | 244 (79) | - | - | |
| Pedagogic higher education | - | 39 (40) | 19 (68) | ||
| Teacher training Both4 | - | 32 (33) 21 (22) | 9 (32) - | ||
| Other | 42 (21) | 5 (5) | - | ||
| Years as nurse1/teacher2 | Years, mean (range) | 151 (1 - 40) | 142 (1 - 39) | 112 (3 - 35) | |
| Period of using NCFE3 | Years, mean (range) | 1.5 (0 - 6) | 2.5 (0 - 5) | 2.5 (0 - 5) |