Clinical Competence of Nurses and the Associated Factors in Public Hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Simple linear regression for the factors associated with the clinical competence of nurses in hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 404).

Variables	Standardized coefficients, β	t	value	95% CI of β	R^2	Adjusted R^2
Gender (male)	0.25	5.18	<0.001	(0.16, 0.35)	0.06	0.06
Age	−0.27	−5.63	<0.001	(−0.37, −0.18)	0.07	0.07
Marital status
Single	0.03	0.58	0.56	(0.56, −0.07)	0.001	−0.002
Married	0.04	0.83	0.41	(−0.06, 0.14)	0.002	−0.001
Qualification (BSc)	0.37	7.87	<0.001	(0.27, 0.46)	0.13	0.13
Position/title
Focal person	0.10	2.02	0.04	(0.003, 0.19)	0.01	0.01
Nursing director	0.10	2.05	0.04	(0.004, 0.19)	0.01	0.01
Work experience	−0.07	−1.34	0.18	(−0.17, 0.03)	0.004	0.002
Ward/unit
Medical ward	−0.25	−5.19	<0.001	(−0.35, −0.16)	0.06	0.06
Surgical ward	0.43	9.59	<0.001	(0.34, 0.52)	0.19	0.18
Pediatric ward	−0.05	−1.02	0.31	(−0.15, 0.05)	0.003	0.00
NICU	−0.001	−0.02	0.98	(−0.09, 0.09)	0.00	−0.002
Emergency unit	−0.17	−3.55	<0.001	(−0.27, −0.07)	0.03	0.03
Training in nursing care	0.25	5.07	<0.001	(0.15, 0.34)	0.06	0.06
Interest in the nursing profession
Fair	0.12	2.38	0.02	(0.02, 0.22)	0.01	0.01
Good	0.07	1.37	0.17	(−0.03, 0.17)	0.005	0.002
Practice environment	0.49	11.39	<0.001	(0.41, 0.58)	0.24	0.24
Critical thinking disposition	0.47	10.54	<0.001	(0.38, 0.55)	0.22	0.22
Professional quality of life	0.51	11.73	<0.001	(0.42, 0.59)	0.26	0.25
Clinical self-efficacy	0.30	6.37	<0.001	(0.21, 0.39)	0.09	0.09
Personal traits	0.34	7.13	<0.001	(0.24, 0.43)	0.11	0.11
Emotional intelligence	0.39	8.57	<0.001	(0.30, 0.48)	0.15	0.15

Significant at value <0.05.