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Question 1: Out of a combined total of 37 respondents, 60% were females and 40% were males. The survey responder’s gender breakdown is that Out of 20 Shands responder, Shands had 65% females and 35% males. Out of 17 Jacksonville Veteran Administration (VA) responders, the VA had 53% females and 47% males. The total gender makeup of the VA Clinic and Shands Hospital was unknown, however, based on the two organizations size, and the sample size obtained, the researcher believes good gender survey sampling was not obtained. Shands and UF Health alone, “represents approximately 22,000 employees of the University of Florida Health Science Center and UF Health Shands health care system” (UF Health, 2015).

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