Table 3.
Odds of exposure to chemotherapy, as estimated by structure and process variables , n= 185*
OR (95% CI) | ||||
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Adjusted for | ||||
Nurse Characteristics |
Nurse Characteristics and Nursing Workload |
Nurse Characteristics, Nursing Workload, and Chemotherapy Verification |
Nurse Characteristics |
|
Model | I | IV | VI | VII |
Favourable Practice environment |
0.49(0.24,1.00) | 0.44(0.21,0.92) | 0.45(0.21,0.95) | - |
Model | II | |||
Nursing Workload | 1.07(1.02,1.12) | - | - | 1.06(0.99,1.12) |
Model | III | V | ||
Chemotherapy Verification |
0.22(0.08,0.62) | 0.21(0.07,0.61) | - | 0.17(0.05,0.59) |
Revised PES-NWI Subscales | ||||
-Nurse Participation in Practice Affairs (favourable versus unfavourable) | 0.51(0.24,1.06) | |||
-Staffing and Resource Adequacy (favourable versus unfavourable) | 0.35(0.17,0.73) |
OR = Odds Ratio; 95% CI = 95 percent confidence interval; PES-NWI = Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index.
Note: All models adjusted for clustering of nurses within practices using a generalized model function.