Statistics Canada
www.statcan.gc.ca
Common menu bar links
Table 1
Selected characteristics of nurses providing direct care in hospitals or long- term care facilities, Canada, 2005
Archived Content
Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.
| Sample size | Estimated number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 12,218 | 218,300 | |
| Personal characteristics | |||
| Female | 11,365 | 205,400 | 94.1 |
| Average years of experience in nursing (standard deviation) | 17.0 (11.1) | 17.1 (11.3) | ... |
| Bachelor's degree or higher in nursing | 1,653 | 42,200 | 19.4 |
| Fair or poor general health | 856 | 15,200 | 7.0 |
| Fair or poor mental health | 630 | 12,900 | 5.9 |
| Job satisfaction | |||
| Very satisfied | 4,713 | 77,200 | 35.4 |
| Somewhat satisfied | 5,912 | 110,700 | 50.8 |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 1,238 | 23,500 | 10.8 |
| Very dissatisfied | 328 | 6,400 | 2.9 |
| Type of nurse | |||
| Registered nurse | 5,616 | 164,200 | 75.2 |
| Licensed practical nurse | 5,618 | 51,200 | 23.5 |
| Registered psychiatric nurse | 984 | 2,900 | 1.3 |
| Job characteristics | |||
| Work setting | |||
| Hospital | 8,081 | 172,100 | 78.8 |
| Long-term care facility | 4,137 | 46,200 | 21.2 |
| Works full-time | 6,938 | 127,000 | 58.4 |
| Shift usually worked | |||
| Days | 3,370 | 68,600 | 31.4 |
| Evenings | 1,050 | 20,200 | 9.3 |
| Nights | 1,152 | 24,000 | 11.0 |
| Mixed | 6,644 | 105,400 | 48.3 |
| Usually works 12-hour shift | 4,453 | 75,600 | 36.8 |
| Workplace climate factors | |||
| Staffing/Resource adequacy | |||
| Adequate support services allow me to spend time with my patients (percent disagreeing) | 5,619 | 99,900 | 47.0 |
| There is enough time and opportunity to discuss patient care (percent disagreeing) | 4,602 | 91,800 | 42.5 |
| There are enough nurses on staff to provide quality patient care (percent disagreeing) | 6,403 | 121,000 | 55.9 |
| There is enough staff to get the work done (percent disagreeing) | 5,854 | 112,000 | 51.7 |
| Nurse-physician working relations | |||
| There is a lot of teamwork between nurses and physicians (percent disagreeing) | 2,310 | 41,100 | 19.2 |
| There is collaboration between nurses and physicians (percent disagreeing) | 1,271 | 24,300 | 11.3 |
| Physicians and nurses have good working relations (percent disagreeing) | 1,475 | 28,300 | 13.1 |
| Supervisor support | |||
| Your supervisor is helpful in getting the job done (percent disagreeing) | 3,267 | 59,700 | 27.7 |
| Co-worker support | |||
| You are exposed to hostility or conflict from the people you work with (percent agreeing) | 5,508 | 100,200 | 46.2 |
| The people you work with are helpful in getting the job done (percent disagreeing) | 413 | 8,200 | 3.8 |
| Note: Because of missing values, percent may not correspond to estimated number divided by total. Source: 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Factors related to on-the-job abuse of nurses by patients", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 2, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
|||
