Research Article

Current Status of Core Competencies of Chinese Nurses in Burn Departments: A Latent Profile Analysis

Table 4

Multinomial logistic regression analysis of variables associated with the latent profile membership (N = 267).

VariablesClass 1Class 2
bOR (95% CI)bOR (95% CI)

Age (ref: ≥36 y)
 ≤25 y0.2171.242 (0.063, 24.685)−0.1640.848 (0.068, 10.552)
 26–30 y1.0142.756 (0.236, 32.223)0.4591.582 (0.172, 14.580)
 31–35 y0.1421.152 (0.240, 5.529)0.1951.216 (0.275, 5.381)
Professional title (ref: supervisor nurse or above)
 Junior nurse−2.4640.085 (0.006, 1.143)−1.5950.203 (0.017, 2.368)
 Senior nurse−2.4970.082 (0.009, 0.759)−1.5610.210 (0.024, 1.868)
Education
 Junior college (ref: bachelor’s degree or above)−0.2130.808 (0.272, 2.404)−0.2390.787 (0.322, 1.928)
Length of employment (ref: >7 y)
 ≤3 y−2.1540.116 (0.008, 1.741)−0.8070.446 (0.046, 4.308)
 4-5 y−2.4020.091 (0.009, 0.906)−1.1700.310 (0.042, 2.270)
 6-7 y−0.5910.554 (0.057, 5.372)−0.4110.663 (0.085, 5.163)
Experience in BICU
 Yes (ref: no)1.2713.564 (1.423, 8.925)0.8342.304 (1.024, 5.181)

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