The Association between Operating Room Nurses’ Characteristics, Competence, and Missed Nursing Care: A National Survey

Table 3

Parameter estimates for the model predicting frequency of missed care in the operating room.

Paths	B	SE B		β
Direct paths
Age ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.007	0.003	0.021	−0.166
Years of experience ⟶ frequency of missed care	0.005	0.003	0.071	0.131
Intention to leave ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.031	0.045	0.492	−0.032
Satisfaction ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.094	0.027	0.001	−0.203
PPC ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.169	0.046	<0.001	−0.183
RMC ⟶ Frequency of missed care	0.224	0.041	<0.001	0.300
Age ⟶ PPC	0.002	0.003	0.512	0.046
Years of experience ⟶ PPC	0.015	0.003	<0.001	0.351
Age ⟶ RMC	−0.015	0.004	<0.001	−0.282
PPC ⟶ RMC	0.002	0.036	0.956	0.002
Years of experience ⟶ RMC	0.007	0.004	0.076	0.128
Intention to leave ⟶ RMC	−0.031	0.063	0.623	−0.024
Satisfaction ⟶ RMC	−0.220	0.037	<0.001	−0.357
Covariances
Age ↔ years of experience	105.37	7.277	<0.001	0.797
Intention to leave ↔ satisfaction	−0.18	0.024	<0.001	−0.396
Indirect effects
Age ⟶ RMC ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.004	0.001	<0.001	−0.108
Years of experience ⟶ PPC ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.003	0.001	0.002	−0.069
Satisfaction ⟶ RMC ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.054	0.012	<0.001	−0.117
Total effects
Age ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.009	0.002	<0.001	−0.227
Years of experience ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.004	0.002	0.043	−0.098
Satisfaction ⟶ frequency of missed care	−0.146	0.026	<0.001	−0.317

PPC = perceived perioperative competence; RMC = reasons for missed care. Note. ; level; level.