Total Score N Mean SD Total score Yes 34 53.00 7.90 No 31 55.90 8.60 Results Summary In this quantitative descriptive statistics depicted characteristics of respondents. The majority of respondents in the study were females (93%) and 7% were identified as males. In this study, 50% of the participants reported having a baccalaureate in nursing as the highest degree earned. The majority of respondents were between the ages of 36 to 50 years of age (46%). Most respondents reported having knowingly cared for a sex offender in their nursing practice (53%). A majority of respondents indicated having strong feelings, when they knew a person who had a sex act committed on them (63%). Most respondents had no specific educational content on caring for sex offenders in their nursing practice (82%). While a great deal of homogeneity was seen in the findings among the respondents, behavioral response choices were representative of the literature by Nelson, Herlihy, and Oescher (2002) who discovered that counselors hold positive attitudes towards sex offenders. In the current research study, no
Total Score N Mean SD Total score Yes 34 53.00 7.90 No 31 55.90 8.60 Results Summary In this quantitative descriptive statistics depicted characteristics of respondents. The majority of respondents in the study were females (93%) and 7% were identified as males. In this study, 50% of the participants reported having a baccalaureate in nursing as the highest degree earned. The majority of respondents were between the ages of 36 to 50 years of age (46%). Most respondents reported having knowingly cared for a sex offender in their nursing practice (53%). A majority of respondents indicated having strong feelings, when they knew a person who had a sex act committed on them (63%). Most respondents had no specific educational content on caring for sex offenders in their nursing practice (82%). While a great deal of homogeneity was seen in the findings among the respondents, behavioral response choices were representative of the literature by Nelson, Herlihy, and Oescher (2002) who discovered that counselors hold positive attitudes towards sex offenders. In the current research study, no