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Table 4 Mean scores and standard deviations by unit

From: Patterns of research utilization on patient care units

 

Unit 1 (Adult)

Unit 2 (Adult)

Unit 3 (Pediatric)

Unit 4 (Pediatric)

Unit 5 (Pediatric)

Unit 6 (Pediatric)

Unit 7 (Pediatric)

Overall

Research Utilization Survey

People Support (Max score = 30)

17.94 (7.05)

20.70 (6.51)

18.79 (6.32)

16.44 (7.97)

20.29 (7.87)

21.18 (6.47)

20.30 (6.31)

19.94 (6.87)

Autonomy/Authority (Range is 0–4)

2.52 (0.81)

2.86 (0.95)

3.11 (0.81)

2.53 (1.01)

2.96 (0.74)

2.59 (0.82)

2.96 (0.74)

2.72 (0.86)

Attitude (Range is 0–4)

2.91 (0.92)

3.19 (0.83)

3.00 (0.75)

2.72 (0.96)

2.92 (0.95)

3.02 (0.82)

2.93 (0.92)

3.00 (0.87)

Intent (Range is 0–2)

1.78 (0.42)

1.76 (0.43)

1.53 (0.51)

1.44 (0.51)

1.52 (0.51)

1.67 (0.49)

1.70 (0.47)

1.68 (0.48)

Belief Suspension (Range is 0–4)

2.13 (0.99)

2.37 (0.95)

2.47 (1.15)

2.29 (1.13)

2.37 (1.13)

2.50 (0.87)

2.11 (0.87)

2.34 (0.97)

Organizational Support (Max. Score = 25)

11.70 (4.23)

13.61 (5.15)

11.94 (5.32)

7.89 (2.65)

11.13 (2.85)

15.28 (4.14)

14.89 (2.36)

13.30 (4.61)

Overall Research Utilization #1

3.94 (1.78)

5.43 (1.50)

4.47 (1.99)

3.59 (1.54)

4.43 (1.99)

5.18 (1.61)

5.16 (4.41)

4.80 (1.75)

Overall Research Utilization #2

4.67 (1.85)

5.51 (1.61)

5.21 (1.89)

4.12 (1.87)

5.24 (1.81)

5.69 (1.39)

5.59 (1.60)

5.30 (1.68)

Overall Research Utilization #3

4.83 (1.91)

5.83 (1.25)

5.06 (1.82)

5.19 (1.72)

5.56 (1.78)

5.93 (1.30)

5.59 (1.42)

5.56 (1.57)

Adjusted (weighted) Overall research Utilization Score

4.62 (1.62)

5.77 (1.22)

5.05 (1.82)

4.63 (1.34)

5.28 (1.63)

5.78 (1.10)

5.55 (1.31)

5.24 (1.43)

Environmental Complexity Scale

Re-sequencing of work (Range is 0–50)

28.50 (9.66)

35.39 (7.96)

28.24 (6.53)

30.0 (8.98)

24.78 (5.75)

27.21 (6.03)

30.72 (7.94)

29.45 (7.94)

Influence of Students (Range is 0–20)

14.33 (5.30)

12.18 (1.78)

11.37 (3.13)

10.00 (0.00)

10.91 (2.79)

12.61 (3.72)

11.00 (2.61)

11.77 (3.35)

Changing patient acuity (Range is 0–90)

54.77 (18.68)

67.30 (11.93)

48.01 (9.95)

52.35 (13.70)

50.70 (10.53)

53.27 (12.27)

57.05 (11.74)

55.76 (13.72)

Nursing Unit Cultural Assessment Tool (Group's Behavior)

Co-worker support (Range is 0–10)

7.56 (2.20)

8.42 (1.69)

7.83 (1.75)

8.00 (1.25)

9.00 (1.07)

7.15 (1.74)

7.71 (1.49)

7.78 (1.78)

Questioning behavior (Range is 0–5)

4.04 (0.82)

4.21 (0.83)

4.58 (0.52)

4.36 (0.67)

4.47 (0.64)

4.23 (0.84)

3.83 (0.92)

4.21 (0.81)

Continuing education (Range is 0–20)

14.39 (2.74)

15.65 (2.98)

14.83 (2.67)

14.44 (2.60)

15.73 (2.21)

15.96 (2.27)

14.94 (2.07)

15.32 (2.52)

Work values (creativity) (Range is 0–5)

3.62 (0.98)

3.96 (0.89)

3.58 (0.79)

3.27 (0.79)

3.93 (0.70)

3.60 (0.92)

3.53 (0.91)

3.66 (0.89)

Work values (efficiency) (Range is 0–5)

4.31 (0.84)

4.36 (1.00)

4.08 (1.00)

4.10 (0.74)

4.13 (0.35)

4.24 (0.72)

3.78 (0.94)

4.19 (0.82)

Project Research in Nursing 80

Total PRN

255.42 (108.15)

248.37 (82.98)

188.54 (81.70)

149.69 (24.59)

217.41 (83.17)

592.04 (157.84)

307.94 (124.86)

303.84 (184.41)

Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory

Total CCTDI (Max score = 420)

286.26 (28.39)

281.65 (31.38)

256.71 (15.96)

283.86 (25.63)

288.60 (25.57)

279.61 (25.54)

291.00 (29.33)

281.78 (27.58)