Table 1: Demographic characteristics of the USA and Japan respondents to the BIPN (n=308).

Characteristics	USA		Japan
	(n=126)		(n=182)
	n	%	n	%	x2	p
Gender					0.002	0.964
Female	117	94.4	171	94.5
Male	7	5.6	10	5.5
Age					47.156	<.0001
20-25 Years	0	0.0	1	0.5
26-30 Years	4	3.2	6	3.3
31-40 Years	9	7.1	50	27.5
41-50 Years	27	21.4	68	37.4
51+ Years	86	68.3	57	31.3
Current Position					22.615	<.0001
Administrator	42	33.3	21	11.5
Supervisor/Manager	49	39.0	88	48.4
Certified Nurse	11	8.7	17	9.3
Faculty	24	19.0	56	30.8
Current practices setting					68.731	<.0001
Medical & Surgical	15	11.9	87	47.8
Obstetrics/Gynecology	10	7.9	23	12.6
Operation Room	5	4.0	4	2.2
Psychiatric/Mental Health	2	1.6	9	4.9
Pediatrics	9	7.1	13	7.1
Critical Care	19	15.1	11	6
Others	66	52.4	35	19.2
Education Preparation					29.64	<.0001
Baccalaureate	22	17.5	82	45.1
Master	88	69.8	75	41.2
Doctorate	16	12.7	25	13.7
Years of Experience					32.69	<.0001
0-5 Years	4	3.2	23	12.7
6-10 Years	2	1.6	21	11.6
11-20 Years	25	19.8	51	28.2
21+Years	95	75.4	86	47.5