A Comparison of Working Conditions Among Nurses in Magnet (R) and Non-Magnet (R) Hospitals
- Authors
- Trinkoff, Alison M.; Johantgen, Meg; Storr, Carla L.; Han, Kihye; Liang, Yulan; Gurses, Ayse P.; Hopkinson, Susan
- Issue Date
- Jul-2010
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION, v.40, no.7-8, pp 309 - 315
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION
- Volume
- 40
- Number
- 7-8
- Start Page
- 309
- End Page
- 315
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/55988
- DOI
- 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181e93719
- ISSN
- 0002-0443
1539-0721
- Abstract
- Objectives: To compare working conditions (ie, schedule, job demands, and practice environment) of nurses working in American Nurses Credentialing Center-designated Magnet(R) and non-Magnet(R) hospitals. Background: Although nurse retention has been reported as more favorable among Magnet hospitals, controversy still exists on whether Magnet hospitals have better working conditions. Method: A secondary data analysis was conducted of the Nurses Worklife and Health Study using responses from the 837 nurses working in 171 hospitals: 14 Magnet and 157 non-Magnet facilities in the Wave 3 follow-up survey. Contingency tables and t tests compared working conditions by Magnet status. To accommodate clustering of nurses in hospitals, the Huber-White sandwich estimator was used to obtain robust SEs and variance estimates. Result: Nurses in Magnet hospitals were significantly less likely to report jobs that included mandatory overtime (P = .04) or on-call (P = .01), yet hours worked did not differ. They also reported significantly lower physical demands (P = .03), although the means for Magnet hospital nurses and non-Magnet nurses were quite similar (30.1 vs 31.0). Furthermore, comparison of the groups on nursing practice environment and perceived patient safety found no significant differences. Conclusion: Working conditions reported by nurses working in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals varied little.
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