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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: BMJ Qual Saf. 2011 Aug 16;21(9):753–759. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000178

Table 3.

Odds of exposure to chemotherapy, as estimated by structure and process variables , n= 185*

OR (95% CI)
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.