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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2019 Jun 19;42(4):245–253. doi: 10.1177/0193945919856338

Table 4.

Effect of Staffing at Level of Nurse–physician Teamwork and the Effect of Nurse–Physician Teamwork at Level of Staffing on 30-Day Mortality and Failure-to-Rescue

Effect of Staffing
On Mortality On Failure-to-Rescue
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Interaction of staffing and teamwork, when teamwork is:
 2 SD < mean 0.99 0.96–1.02 0.99 0.96–1.02
 1 SD < mean 1.02 0.99–1.04 1.02 0.99–1.04
 At mean (2.9) 1.02*** 1.01–1.04 1.03*** 1.01–1.04
 1 SD > mean 1.07*** 1.04–1.10 1.07*** 1.04–1.10
 2 SD > mean 1.09*** 1.05–1.13 1.10*** 1.06–1.15
Effect of the Nurse–physician Teamwork
On Mortality On Failure-to-Rescue
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Interaction of staffing and teamwork, when staffing is:
 2 patients/nurse > mean 1.00 0.97–1.03 1.00 0.96–1.03
 1 patient/nurse > mean 0.97* 0.95–0.998 0.97* 0.95–1.00
 At mean (5.3) 0.95*** 0.93–0.97 0.94*** 0.92–0.97
 1 patient/nurse < mean 0.93*** 0.90–0.95 0.92*** 0.89–0.95
 2 patients/nurse < mean 0.91*** 0.87–0.94 0.89*** 0.86–0.93

Note. SD = standard deviation, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001.