Demographic characteristics |
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1. Gender (1 = Male, 0 = Female) |
2. Age in years |
3. Highest completed education program (1 = High school or diploma, 2 = Associate degree, 3 = Bachelor's degree, 4 = Master's degree or higher) |
4. Type of unit (the unit the participant was working for, as identified by the participant) (1 = Acute medical, 2 = Acute surgical, 3 = Acute medical-surgical combined, 4 = Birthing center, 5 = Step-down medical, 6 = Step-down medical-surgical combined, 7 = Floating) |
5. Work title (1 = Staff nurse, including registered nurse and licensed practical nurse, 2 = Nurse aide, nurse technician, or medical assistant, 3 = Unit clerk or administrative assistant, 4 = Psych technician) |
6. Primary working shift (1 = Day shift, 2 = Evening shift, 3 = Night shift, 4 = 12-hour day shift, 5 = 12-hour night shift, 6 = Rotating) |
7. Years working in acute inpatient care units (in years) |
Call light related items |
8. Selection of the reasons for patient-initiated call lights and the prevalence of each reason, by percentage. The reasons include: |
   (1) Extremely urgent medical problem (e.g., like a 911 life-or-death emergency call in the United States) (1 = Yes) |
   (2) Bathroom, bedside commode, or bedpan assistance (1 = Yes) |
   (3) Intravenous problems or pump alarm (1 = Yes) |
   (4) Pain medication and management (1 = Yes) |
   (5) Repositioning, transfer, or mobility assistance (1 = Yes) |
   (6) Personal assistance (1 = Yes) |
   (7) Obtaining information (1 = Yes) |
   (8) Getting nurses' attention for no specific reason (1 = Yes) |
   (9) Demanding a nurse's presence or a companion at bedside for no specific reason (1 = Yes) |
   (10) Accidentally pushed the call light (1 = Yes) |
9. Number of patient-initiated calls per hour the individual responds to (number of calls, estimated) |
10. Number of patient-initiated calls per hour the individual and team members together respond to (e.g., nurse, nurse aide, nurse technician, or medical assistant) (number of calls, estimated) |
11. Average length of time to answer a patient-initiated call light during the day, evening, and night shift, respectively (number of minutes, specified by shift, estimated) |
12. Opinion whether most of the call lights pertain to patients' safety during hospital stays? (1 = Yes, 0 = No) |
13. Opinion whether most of the call lights require nursing staff's attention and nursing care? (1 = Yes, 0 = No) |
14. Opinion whether most of the reasons for call lights are meaningful? (1 = Yes, 0 = No) |
15. Opinion whether answering call lights prevents you from doing the critical aspects of your role? (1 = Yes, 0 = No) If yes, why? (an open question, a qualitative variable) |
16. Solicitation of opinions identifying matters or issues that have a higher priority than answering patient-initiated call lights (an open question; a qualitative variable) |