Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics.

ID	Shift	Age	Ethnicity	Years as RN (year)	Year on Unit (year)	No. of Patient	Diagnoses	Cover gown
1	Day	31 - 40	Caucasian/White	4 - 7	1 - 3	4	Fecal impaction, gull stones, bronchitis, ankle wound	Yes
2	Day	25 or under	Hispanic	1 - 3	1 - 3	4	Chronic renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), septicemia, UTI, Rhabdo, AMS,	Yes
3	Day	25 or under	Asian/Pacific Islander	<1	<1	5	Nephrolithiasis, COPD, ESBL, Kidney Stones, Aspiration pneumonia, MRSA	Yes
4	Day	26 - 30	Caucasian/White	1 - 3	1 - 3	4	UTI, chest pain, abscess	Yes
5	Day	26 - 30	Caucasian/White	1 - 3	1 - 3	5	AMS, CP, S/P skin graft groin, severe anemia, PNA r/o TB	Yes
6	Night	31 - 40	Asian/Pacific Islander	8 - 15	4 - 7	4	Pneumonia, UTI, Diabetic foot ulcer, Decub. To Coccyx	yes
7	Night	31 - 40	Asian/Pacific Islander	16+	1 - 3	4	Sickle cell anemia crisis, COPD exacerbation, chest pain with hypertension, abscess foot	yes
8	Night	31 - 40	Asian/Pacific Islander	1 - 3	1 - 3	4	Dehydration, right knee infection, r/o MI, CHF	Yes
9	Night	51 - 60	Asian/Pacific Islander	16+	8 - 15	Charge nurse	All	Yes
10	Night	26 - 30	Caucasian-White	1 - 3	<1	4	Bowel obstruction, UTI, cellulitis, hypoglycemia	yes