Research Article
Current Status of Core Competencies of Chinese Nurses in Burn Departments: A Latent Profile Analysis
Table 3
Interprofile characteristic differences (N = 267), N (%).
| Variables | Total sample (n = 267) | Class 1 (n = 77) | Class 2 (n = 140) | Class 3 (n = 50) | χ2 | |
| Age | | | | | 31.81 | <0.001 | ≤25 y | 63 (23.60) | 7 (9.09) | 32 (22.86) | 24 (48.00) | | | 26∼30 y | 86 (32.21) | 23 (29.87) | 47 (33.57) | 16 (32.00) | | | 31∼35 y | 57 (21.35) | 21 (27.27) | 31 (22.14) | 5 (10.00) | | | ≥36 y | 61 (22.84) | 26 (33.77) | 30 (21.43) | 5 (10.00) | | | Professional title | | | | | 32.20 | <0.001 | Junior nurse | 85 (31.84) | 15 (19.48) | 44 (31.43) | 26 (52.00) | | | Senior nurse | 129 (48.31) | 33 (42.86) | 73 (52.14) | 23 (46.00) | | | Supervisor nurse or above | 53 (19.85) | 29 (37.66) | 23 (16.43) | 1 (2.00) | | | Education | | | | | 15.65 | <0.001 | Junior college | 97 (36.70) | 18 (23.38) | 51 (36.43) | 29 (58.00) | | | Bachelor’s degree or above | 169 (63.30) | 59 (76.62) | 89 (63.57) | 21 (42.00) | | | Length of employment | | | | | 37.88 | <0.001 | ≤3 y | 62 (23.22) | 7 (9.09) | 33 (23.57) | 22 (44.00) | | | 4∼5 y | 47 (17.60) | 7 (9.09) | 26 (18.57) | 14 (28.00) | | | 6∼7 y | 39 (14.61) | 14 (18.18) | 20 (14.29) | 5 (10.00) | | | >7 y | 119 (44.57) | 49 (63.64) | 61 (43.57) | 9 (18.00) | | | Experience in BICU | | | | | 7.96 | 0.019 | Yes | 99 (37.08) | 36 (46.75) | 52 (37.14) | 11 (22.00) | | | No | 168 (62.92) | 41 (53.25) | 88 (62.86) | 39 (78.00) | | |
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