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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nurs Manag. 2010 Oct 4;18(8):938–947. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01153.x

Table 2.

Summary of Hierarchical Multiple Regression for Variables Predicting Satisfaction with the Current Position (n=3,675)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Variable Coefficient Robust Std. Err. Coefficient Robust Std. Err. Coefficient Robust Std. Err.
Type of Unit (p = 0.00) (p = 0.00) (p = 0.00)
 Intensive care vs. Med-Surg. 0.10 0.08 0.06 0.06 −0.03 0.05
 Intermediate level vs. Med-Surg. −0.00 0.08 0.03 0.05 −0.03 0.05
 Rehabilitation vs. Med-Surg. −0.12 0.07 −0.11 0.07 −0.09 0.05
 Pediatric/maternity vs. Med-Surg. 0.18 0.11 0.20* 0.08 0.07 0.06
 Ped. intensive or intermediate level vs. Med-Surg. 0.29*** 0.07 0.20** 0.08 0.09 0.08
 Psychiatric vs. Med-Surg. 0.31** 0.11 0.18* 0.07 0.00 0.07
 Emergency department vs. Med-Surg. 0.26* 0.13 0.24** 0.07 0.21** 0.05
 Perioperative vs. Med-Surg. 0.29 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.06 0.14
Age 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02
Job title (p = 0.39) (p = 0.65) (p = 0.57)
 Nursing Assistant vs. Nurse −0.06 0.06 −0.04 0.05 −0.05 0.05
 Unit Secretary vs. Nurse −0.09 0.10 0.03 0.10 −0.03 0.09
Years of experience on the current working unit −0.01 0.02 −0.02 0.01 −0.00 0.01
Number of patients cared for −0.01* 0.00 −0.00 0.00 −0.00 0.00
Hospital (p = 0.00) (p = 0.00) (p = 0.00)
Staffing Adequacy 0.36*** 0.02 0.30*** 0.02
Teamwork 0.50*** 0.03

Complete Model R2 4.27
F (17, 79) = 6.0
p < 0.001
16.21
F (18, 79) = 33.88
p < 0.001
23.23
F (19, 79) = 47.90
p < 0.001

Note:

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001.

Analysis included a dummy variable for study hospitals to control for its effect, but coefficients were not included in the table for the privacy of data (output suppressed).