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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul 9;38(3):582–588. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.07.009

Table 4.

Mini Z survey items by profession (nurses vs. emergency medical services).

Mini Z burnout survey Burnout Not burned out o Value
N N (%) N N (%)
Overall satisfied with job (agree, strongly agree)
 Nurse 12 7 (58.3%) 36 36 (100.0%) <0.001
 EMS 20 10 (50.0%) 37 32 (86.5%) 0.005
Great deal of stress because of my job (agree, agree strongly)
 Nurse 11 10 (90.9%) 36 20 (55.6%) 0.039
 EMS 20 17 (85.0%) 36 19 (52.8%) 0.021
Control over my workload (satisfactory, good, optimal)
 Nurse 12 5 (41.7%) 36 25 (69.4%) 0.101
 EMS 20 10 (50.0%) 37 30 (81.1%) 0.032
Time available for documentation (satisfactory, good, optimal)
 Nurse 12 4 (33.3%) 36 25 (69.4%) 0.041
 EMS 20 9 (45.0%) 35 30 (85.7%) 0.002
Work atmosphere description (very busy, hectic-chaotic)
 Nurse 11 9 (81.8%) 35 14 (40.0%) 0.035
 EMS 20 12 (60.0%) 35 8 (22.9%) 0.009
Value alignmentwith institution/employer leadership (agree, strongly agree)
 Nurse 12 6 (50.0%) 35 23 (65.7%) 0.493
 EMS 20 6 (30.0%) 36 27 (75.0%) 0.002
Degree patient care team works efficiently together (satisfactory, good, optimal)
 Nurse 12 11 (91.7%) 36 35 (97.2%) 0.441
 EMS 20 14 (70.0%) 36 35 (97.2%) 0.006
Amount of time spent on EMR at home (moderately high, excessive)
 Nurse 12 3 (25.0%) 36 4 (11.1%) 0.345
 EMS 19 7 (36.8%) 32 1 (3.1%) 0.003
Proficiency with EMR use (satisfactory, good, optimal)
 Nurse 12 9 (75.0%) 35 32 (91.4%) 0.164
 EMS 19 17 (89.5%) 33 25 (75.8%) 0.293

Bold face indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).