Research Article
Nurse Manager Practice Environment and Its Influencing Factors: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Scores for NM PE with different demographic characteristic.
| Variables | Overall scores for nursing manager practice environment (mean ± SD) | t/F value | value |
| Hospital grade | Grade II hospital | 223.30 ± 34.977 | 4.404 | 0.001 | Grade III hospital | 239.32 ± 25.212 |
| Hospital geographic location | District capital | 240.17 ± 23.817 | 3.882 | 0.001 | Small city | 228.77 ± 33.636 |
| Gender | Male | 234.71 ± 23.984 | −0.305 | 0.761 | Female | 236.79 ± 27.808 |
| Age (years) | ≤30 | 226.31 ± 45.256 | 3.042 | 0.049 | 31–45 | 238.78 ± 26.704 | >45 | 232.40 ± 26.925 |
| Working years | <5 | 239.83 ± 30.564 | 0.054 | 0.984 | 6–10 | 236.66 ± 37.421 | 11–15 | 235.99 ± 30.940 | >15 | 236.92 ± 24.690 |
| Marital status | Married | 237.50 ± 27.476 | 2.542 | 0.080 | Unmarried | 224.62 ± 28.915 | Widowed/divorced | 224.75 ± 27.854 |
| Highest education | Junior college or below | 227.67 ± 30.745 | 0.887 | 0.413 | Bachelor’s degree | 236.88 ± 28.112 | Master’s degree and above | 238.26 ± 23.053 |
| Position title | Senior nurse | 233.68 ± 35.725 | 0.361 | 0.781 | Supervisor nurse | 237.59 ± 27.475 | Associate professor of nursing | 235.36 ± 26.199 | Professor of nursing | 241.71 ± 31.245 |
| Weekly working hours(h) | ≤40 | 239.68 ± 26.185 | 3.087 | 0.047 | 41–59 | 237.81 ± 26.576 | ≥60 | 228.17 ± 33.131 |
| Training experience in higher ranked hospitals | Yes | 232.48 ± 28.819 | −3.508 | 0.001 | No | 242.04 ± 25.143 |
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Statistically significant. |