TABLE 2.
Comparison of Nurse Responses From the Main Survey and Nonrespondent Survey
| Survey Item All Respondents |
Main Survey Sample N = 52,510 |
Nonrespondent Survey Sample N = 1168 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment status (%) | |||
| Employed in health care | 72.6 | 85.0 | < 0.001 |
| Employed, not in health care | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.035 |
| Not currently employed | 5.7 | 6.3 | 0.461 |
| Retired | 17.3 | 6.5 | < 0.001 |
| Not reported | 1.7 | 0.43 | < 0.001 |
| Respondents employed in health care | N = 38,109 | N = 993 | |
| Setting of employment (%) | |||
| Hospital | 62.4 | 64.0 | 0.326 |
| Long-term care | 4.7 | 5.5 | 0.244 |
| Home health care | 6.8 | 7.1 | 0.763 |
| Other | 22.6 | 23.0 | 0.789 |
| Not reported | 3.5 | 0.5 | < 0.001 |
| Respondents employed in hospitals as direct care staff nurses | N = 13,632 | N = 431 | |
| Nurse demographics | |||
| Male (%) | 9.6 | 16.2 | < 0.001 |
| Age [mean (SD)] | 46.1 (12.5) | 43.3 (11.5) | < 0.001 |
| White, race (%) | 73.1 | 60.1 | < 0.001 |
| Hispanic/Latino (%) | 7.5 | 11.8 | 0.003 |
| BSN or higher (%) | 57.2 | 61.3 | 0.092 |
| Years as registered nurse [mean (SD)] | 17.6 (12.8) | 15.2 (11.5) | < 0.001 |
| Hospital characteristics as reported by nurses | |||
| % satisfied with job | 78.7 | 79.1 | 0.847 |
| % who rate work environment favorably (single item) | 66.2 | 65.0 | 0.585 |
| 14-item work environment (1—best to 4—poorest) [mean (SD)] | 2.2 (0.6) | 2.2 (0.6) | 0.501 |
| % who rate quality of nursing care delivered to patients favorably | 85.7 | 80.7 | 0.005 |
| % who would recommend where they work to family or friends needing health care | 83.5 | 82.4 | 0.530 |
| % who are confident that their patients are able to manage care when discharged | 50.1 | 50.6 | 0.836 |
| % who are confident that management will act to resolve problems in patient care that they report | 45.9 | 48.7 | 0.241 |
| % who give a good overall grade on patient safety (A or B grade) | 69.9 | 65.9 | 0.079 |
| Patients assigned to your on your most recent shift [mean (SD)] | 4.5 (2.4) | 4.1 (2.1) | 0.008 |
The main survey sample results reported are data from nurses in the 3 states in which the nonresponse survey was also conducted.
P values based on likelihood ratio χ2 and 1-way analysis of variance. Nurses were included in the respondents employed in hospitals as direct care staff nurses analysis if the nurse cared for ≤ 15 patients on their last shift.