Table 4 Patient care experiences reported by respondents to NTCC Survey, 2005. Number of patients with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) or active tuberculosis (TB) cared for during their academic program to date as reported by students in six clinical disciplines (clinical laboratory sciences and public health students did not answer this question).
Response | Medicine MD/DO N (%) | Physician Assistants PA N (%) | Under-graduate Nursing BSN N (%) | Advanced Practice Nursing NP/APN N (%) | Pharmacy PharmD N (%) | Respiratory Therapy RT N (%) | Total N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | 130(26.8) | 47 (47.0) | 139(55.4) | 38(41.3) | 275(75.5) | 16(38.1) | 645 (48.5) |
1–3 patients | 246(50.7) | 36 (36.0) | 83 (33.1) | 28(30.4) | 63 (17.3) | 15(35.7) | 471 (35.3) |
4–6 patients | 65 (13.4) | 5 (05.0) | 11 (4.4) | 6 (6.5) | 12 (3.3) | 3 (7.1) | 102 (7.7) |
> 6 patients | 42 (8.7) | 12 (12.0) | 18 (7.2) | 19(20.7) | 14 (3.8) | 8 (19.0) | 113 (8.5) |
Total (% of respondents) | 483(36.3) | 100 (7.5) | 251(18.9) | 91 (6.8) | 364(27.3) | 42 (3.2) | 1331* |