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Trinkoff, A.M. et al.

Alison M. Trinkoff, Meg Johantgen, Carla L. Storr, Kihye Han, Yulan Liang, Ayse P. Gurses, Susan Hopkinson,

A comparison of working conditions among nurses in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals.

OBJECTIVES: To compare working conditions (ie, schedule, job demands, and practice environment) of nurses working in American Nurses Credentialing Center-designated Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals. BACKGROUND: Although nurse retention has been reported as more favorable among Magnet hospitals, controversy still exists on whether Magnet hospitals have better working conditions. METHOD: A secondary data analysis was conducted of the Nurses Worklife and Health Study using responses from the 837 nurses working in 171 hospitals: 14 Magnet and 157 non-Magnet facilities in the Wave 3 follow-up survey. Contingency tables and t tests compared working conditions by Magnet status. To accommodate clustering of nurses in hospitals, the Huber-White sandwich estimator was used to obtain robust SEs and variance estimates. RESULT: Nurses in Magnet hospitals were significantly less likely to report jobs that included mandatory overtime (P =.04) or on-call (P =.01), yet hours worked did not differ. They also reported significantly lower physical demands (P =.03), although the means for Magnet hospital nurses and non-Magnet nurses were quite similar (30.1 vs 31.0). Furthermore, comparison of the groups on nursing practice environment and perceived patient safety found no significant differences. CONCLUSION: Working conditions reported by nurses working in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals varied little.[1]

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A comparison of working conditions among nurses in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals. Trinkoff, A.M., Johantgen, M., Storr, C.L., Han, K., Liang, Y., Gurses, A.P., Hopkinson, S. J. Nurs. Adm (2010) [Pubmed]

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