Specialty cardiac nurses’ work satisfaction is influenced by the type of coronary care unit: A mixed methods study

Table 1 Participant Demographic Characteristics and Work Patterns

	Overall (N = 74)	Unit A (n = 23)	Unit B (n = 19)	Unit C (n = 16)	Unit D (n = 16)	p-value
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	p-value
Registered Nurse	32 (43%)	6 (26%)	6 (32%)	9 (56%)	11 (69%)	0.148
Clinical Nurse Specialist	20 (27%)	9 (39%)	7 (37%)	2 (13%)	2 (13%)
Associated Nurse Unit Manager	19 (26%)	7 (30%)	5 (26%)	5 (31%)	2 (13%)
Clinical Nurse Educator	3 (4%)	1 (4%)	1 (5%)	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
Day time shifts only	6 (8%)	2 (9%)	2 (11%)	2 (13%)	0 (0%)	0.426
Night shifts only	3 (4%)	0 (0%)	2 (11%)	1 (6%)	0 (0%)
Rotating roster (days and nights)	61 (82%)	20 (87%)	15 (79%)	11 (69%)	15 (94%)
Permanent shifts unspecified type	4 (5%)	1 (4%)	0 (0%)	2 (13%)	1 (6%)
Permanent days worked (a)	14 (19%)	1 (4%)	5 (26%)	7 (44%)	1 (6%)	0.006
Proportion of shifts allocated to high acuity cardiac patients
< 25% (b)	17 (23%)	1 (4%)	7 (37%)	3 (19%)	6 (38%)	< 0.001
25–50%	13 (18%)	5 (22%)	1 (5%)	5 (31%)	2 (13%)
50–75%	23 (31%)	9 (39%)	10 (53%)	4 (25%)	0 (0%)
100%	21 (28%)	8 (35%)	1 (5%)	4 (25%)	8 (50%)
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Age (years) (c)	38 (30, 45)	40 (32, 45)	44 (37, 52)	34 (29, 41)	34^a (26, 38)	0.012
Years qualified as RN (d)	12 (5, 20)	13 (6, 22)	21 (10, 30)	7 (4, 14)	7 (2, 15)	0.001
Years qualified as CCRN (e)	8 (4, 16)	12 (4, 20)	12.5^d (8, 28)	3^b (2, 5)	5.5^c (3, 9)	0.002
Hours worked per week	32 (28, 38)	32 (20, 36)	32 (20, 40)	36 (31, 39)	32 (32, 40)	0.116

Note: IQR Interquartile range, RN Registered nurse, CCRN Critical care registered nurse; ^a 3 missing data; ^b 4 missing data; ^c 8 missing data; ^d1 missing data. Significant pairwise comparisons between units (adjusted p-values): (a) Unit A vs Unit C (p = 0.027); (b)
Unit A vs Unit D (p = 0.015), Unit A vs Unit B (p = 0.032), Unit B vs Unit D (p = 0.002); (c) Unit B vs Unit D (p = 0.032); (d) Unit B vs Unit C (p = 0.024), Unit B vs Unit D (p = 0.008); (e) Unit A vs Unit C (p = 0.030), Unit B vs Unit C (p = 0011)

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