Table 1.
Characteristics of Study Hospitals by Nurse Engagement Level (N=425 hospitals)
| Characteristic, n (%)* | Overall | Least Engaged n=13 |
Somewhat engaged n=80 |
Moderately engaged n=155 |
Most engaged n=177 |
Pa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>250 beds) | 202 (48%) | 4 (31%) | 29 (36%) | 79 (51%) | 90 (51%) | 0.184 |
| Non-teaching | 219 (52%) | 5 (38%) | 36 (45%) | 80 (52%) | 98 (55%) | <0.05 |
| High technology | 208 (49%) | 2 (15%) | 41 (51%) | 71 (46%) | 94 (53%) | <0.05 |
| Rural location | 35 (8%) | 2 (15%) | 8 (10%) | 9 (6%) | 16 (9%) | 0.463 |
| Nonprofit | 344 (81%) | 8 (62%) | 50 (63%) | 118 (76%) | 168 (95%) | <0.001 |
| Magnet®-recognizedb | 46 (11%) | 0 | 0 | 10 (22%) | 36 (78%) | <0.001 |
| Stateb | <0.001 | |||||
| California | 180 (42%) | 1 (0.6%) | 28 (16%) | 57 (32%) | 94 (52%) | |
| Florida | 109 (26%) | 9 (8%) | 32 (29%) | 41 (38%) | 27 (25%) | |
| New Jersey | 40 (9%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 21 (53%) | 17 (43%) | |
| Pennsylvania | 96 (23%) | 2 (2%) | 19 (20%) | 36 (38%) | 39 (41%) | |
| Nurse staffing, mean (SD) | 5.3 (1.4) | 6.3 (1.8) | 5.6 (1.5) | 5.5 (1.3) | 4.8 (1.2) | <0.001 |
a
P values generated from χ 2 for categorical variables, and from F-test (analysis of variance) for the continuous staffing variable.
b
Row percentages