Determinants of Nursing Process Implementation in North East Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Binary logistic analysis and association of implementation of nursing process by selected variable among nurses in Afar region Hospitals, north East Ethiopia, 2016 (n= 102).
Variable
Implementation of nursing process
P-value
COR(CI)
Yes
No
Sex
Male
28(51.9%)
26(48.1%)
0.037
2.369(1.053, 5.330)∗
Female
15(31.2%)
33(68.8%)
1
Age of respondents
20=24
10(30.3%)
23(69.7%)
1
25-29
24(43.6%)
31(56.4%)
0.174
2.325(0.689, 7.845)
≥30
9(64.3%)
5(35.7%)
0.035
4.14(1.104, 15.521) ∗
Educational level of respondents
Diploma
20(29.9%)
47(70.1%)
1
BSC
23(65.7%)
12(34.3%)
0.002
4.194(1.731, 10.164) ∗∗
Institution from where educational award is obtained
Government
38(50%)
38(50%)
0.009
4.2(1.435, 12.293) ∗∗
Private
5(19.2%)
21(80.8%)
1
Year of experience
0-4
16(29.6%)
38(70.4%)
1
5-9
17(56.7%)
13(43.3%)
0.940
0.956(0.295, 3.102)
≥10
10(55.6%)
8(44.4%)
0.052
2.969(0.990, 8.900)
The unit where nurses work in the hospital
Medical
16(48.5%)
17(51.5%)
0.096
2.667(0.841, 8.458)
Surgical
6(26.1%)
17(73.9%)
0.756
1.21(0.364, 4.02)
Pediatrics
7(43.8%)
9(56.2%)
0.511
1.479(0.46, 4.755)
Obstetrics-gynecology
7(38.9%)
11(61.1%)
0.56
0.672(0.177, 2.555)
Others
7(58.3%)
5(41.7%)
1
Working hours per day
≤8 hours
21(35.0%)
39(65.0%)
0.082
0.490(0.219, 1.095)
≥8 hours
22(52.4%)
20(47.6%)
1
Number of patients respondents give care at a time
<5
9(45.0%)
11(55.0%)
0.839
0.896(0.310, 2.589)
5-10
21(47.7%)
23(52.3%)
0.882
0.909(0.258, 3.204)
11-15
9(47.4%)
10(52.6%)
0.120
3.068(0.748, 12.587)
>15
4(21.1%)
15(78.9%)
1
Monthly salary of respondents
1500-2000
13(31%)
29(69%)
1
2001-2500
7(46.7%)
8(53.3%)
0.831
1.143(0.335, 3.904)
2501-3000
7(53.8%)
6(46.2%)
0.099
2.231(0.860, 5.785)
>3000
16(50%)
16(50%)
0.815
0.857(0.235, 3.120)
Attending any course, talk or seminar related to the NP recently on the ward or in the Hospital
Yes
25 (83.3%)
5 (16.7%)
≤0.001
15(5.001-44.991) ∗∗
No
18 (25%)
54 (75%)
1
Taught about nursing process adequately during studies at the Nursing School
Yes
23 (74.2%)
8(25.8%)
≤0.001
7.33(2.82-19.08) ∗∗
No
20(28.2%)
51(71.8%)
1
Note ∗ means association is significant at p≤0.05 and ∗∗ means association is significant at p≤0.01
