Table 3.
Percentage of Hospital Nurses in California (CA), New Jersey (NJ), and Pennsylvania (PA) Agreeing That Selected Practice Environment Characteristics Were Present in Their Jobs
| Percentage of Nurses Agreeing Characteristic Is Present |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Environment Characteristic | CA | NJ | PA |
| A reasonable workload | 73a,b | 59 | 61 |
| Adequate support services allow me to spend time with patients | 66a,b | 53 | 55 |
| Enough registered nurses on staff to provide quality patient care | 58a,b | 41 | 44 |
| Enough staff to get work done | 56a,b | 40 | 44 |
| 30-minute breaks during workday | 74a,b | 51b | 45 |
| Workload causes me to miss changes in patient conditions | 33a,b | 41b | 37 |
Notes. All tests of significance adjust for clustering of nurses within hospitals.
Samples sizes as per “All Staff Nurses” in Table 1.
a
Significantly different from New Jersey at p<.01.
b
Significantly different from Pennsylvania at p<.01.