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