Table 3.
Factors Predicting Nurses' Involvement of the Palliative Care Team
| Odds ratio | 95% CI | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of end-of-life education (0 is reference) | |||
| 1–8 | 3.90 | 1.43–10.62 | 0.008 |
| 8 or more | 2.79 | 0.83–9.38 | 0.096 |
| Clinical nursing experience (years) | 0.99 | 0.95–1.04 | 0.932 |
| Past exposure to dying patients (0 is reference) | |||
| 1–5 | 0.83 | 0.20–3.40 | 0.801 |
| More than 5 | 0.33 | 0.07–1.47 | 0.148 |
| Unit of employment (oncology is reference) | |||
| General pediatrics | 0.39 | 0.03–4.71 | 0.459 |
| ED | 0.02 | 0.00–0.08 | <0.001 |
| PICU | 0.38 | 0.07–2.03 | 0.257 |
| CICU | 0.02 | 0.00–0.09 | <0.001 |
| NICU | 0.01 | 0.00–0.05 | <0.001 |
Note: Nurses on units with 10 or more respondents were included; n = 272.