Table 3.

Agreement and reliability (kappa statistic) between nurse and physician responses on key ICU organizational characteristics

	% Agreement	Kappa
Intensivist physician staffing (high vs. low)	82.60	0.60
Weekday providers
Physician trainees	82.60	0.49
Nurse practitioner/Physician assistants	91.30	0.83
Night-time providers
Intensivists	86.96	0.49
Physician trainees	82.60	0.57
Nurse practitioner/Physician assistants	96.65	0.88
Clinicians involved in patient care
Respiratory therapists	100.00	1.00
Clinical pharmacists	91.30	0.00
Nutritionists	78.26	0.18
Social worker	73.91	0.21
Physical therapist	86.96	0.36
Daily multidisciplinary rounds	95.65	0.83
Daily rounds with
Respiratory therapy	65.22	0.20
Clinical pharmacy	73.91	0.21
Nutrition	82.61	0.20
Social work	65.22	0.21
Physical therapy	82.61	0.21
Protocols
Liberation from mechanical ventilation	73.91	0.19
Lung-protective ventilation strategy	65.22	0.18
Sedation	56.52	−0.03
Daily interruption of sedation	95.65	0.65
Checklists
Central line insertions	56.52	−0.03
Checklist for morning rounds	82.61	0.65
Delirium screening	82.61	0.4