Table 3.

Individual Nurse Odds of Certification (471 hospitals)

	Model 1 Bivariate	Model 2 Nursing Resources	Model 3 + Magnet
Individual Nurse Characteristics
Age¹	1.02^***	1.04^**	1.04^***
Female	1.12^*	0.95	0.95
Employment Type
Full-time	1.28^***	(reference)	(reference)
Part-time	0.94	0.80^***	0.80^***
Per-diem	0.55^***	0.53^***	0.53^***
Experience¹	1.16^***	1.17^***	1.17^***
Unit Type
Medical-surgical	0.54^***	(reference)	(reference)
Oncology	2.58^***	3.67^***	3.62^***
Pediatrics	1.28	1.80^***	1.77^***
Maternity	1.37^***	1.90^***	1.90^***
Intensive care unit	1.37^***	1.82^***	1.82^***
Emergency department	0.93	1.55^***	1.55^***
Operating room	1.80^***	2.15^***	2.15^***
Psychiatric	0.49^***	0.68^**	0.68^**
Hospice	1.53	1.97^*	1.96^*
Outpatient	0.71^***	0.86	0.84^*
Rehabilitation	0.66^**	0.93	0.90
Other	0.90^*	1.03	1.05
BSN	1.71^***	1.70^***	1.71^***
Enrolled	1.04	1.48^***	1.47^***
Hospital Characteristics
Magnet	1.87^***	-	1.59^***
Staffing	0.97	1.03	1.05*
Education²	1.20^***	1.09^**	1.04
Work Environment	1.34^***	1.27^***	1.16^**
State
California	1.04	1.09	1.19^*
Florida	0.78^***	0.98	1.03
New Jersey	1.74^***	1.57^***	1.54^***
Pennsylvania	0.92	(reference)	(reference)
Bed Size
Small (<100)	0.64^**	(reference)	(reference)
Medium (101-<250)	0.76^***	1.18	1.13
Large (>=250)	1.35^***	1.26	1.19
Technology
Low-tech	1.15^*	(reference)	(reference)
High-tech	0.87^*	1.12	1.04
Teaching
Non-teaching	0.92	(reference)	(reference)
Minor teaching	0.92	1.07	1.11
Major teaching	1.29^**	1.00	1.00

Notes:

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.001

the variables “age” and “experience” are scaled such that a 1-unit increase represents 5 years.

the variable “education” is scaled such that a 1-unit increase represents 10% more BSN-prepared nurses on staff.