Job satisfaction trends during nurses' early career

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Table 3 Factor means for Client Care, Staffing, Development and Relationships by branch and time

		Adult			Child			Mental Health			Branch comparison (F [df_n, df_d] p)
Factor	Time-point	No.	Mean	SE	No.	Mean	SE	No.	Mean	SE
Client Care	6 months	1255	3.18	0.03	533	3.54	0.04	427	3.13	0.05	(31.75 [2,2325] < .001)
	18 months	942	3.37	0.03	446	3.51	0.04	336	3.14	0.05	(16.27 [2,2325] < .001)
	3 years	755	3.44	0.04	326	3.53	0.05	255	3.03	0.06	(24.34 [2,2325] < .001)
	(F [df_n, df_d] p)	(23.26 [2,1322] < .001)			(0.33 [2,558] .72)			(1.75 [2,568] .17)¹			(8.55 [4,2325] < .001)
Staffing	6 months	1241	3.12	0.03	529	3.55	0.04	414	3.41	0.05	(32.17 [2,2301] < .001)
	18 months	909	3.27	0.04	435	3.39	0.05	305	3.24	0.06	(2.60 [2,2301] .075)
	3 years	711	3.41	0.04	307	3.51	0.05	213	3.32	0.07	(2.26 [2,2301] .10)
	(F [df_n, df_d] p)	(17.28 [2,1312] < .001)			(3.92 [2,715] .020)²			(2.67 [2,491] .070)¹			(8.15 [4,2301] < .001)
Development	6 months	1257	3.05	0.03	534	3.23	0.04	427	3.30	0.04	(16.14 [2,2327] < .001)
	18 months	942	3.18	0.03	446	3.18	0.04	336	3.34	0.05	(4.48 [2,2327] .011)
	3 years	755	3.16	0.03	326	3.20	0.05	255	3.32	0.06	(2.51 [2,2327] .081)
	(F [df_n, df_d] p)	(9.45 [2,1323] < .001)			(0.53 [2,559] .59)			(0.26 [2,568] .77)¹			(2.87 [4,2327] .022)
Relationships	6 months	1257	4.19	0.02	535	4.32	0.03	425	4.17	0.04	(6.19 [2,2326] .002)
	18 months	938	4.19	0.03	446	4.32	0.03	335	4.14	0.04	(7.07 [2,2326] < .001)
	3 years	753	4.16	0.03	324	4.25	0.04	254	4.08	0.05	(3.71 [2,2326] .025)
	(F [df_n, df_d] p)	(0.45 [2, 1323] .64)			(1.44 [2,559] .24)			(1.20 [2,565] .30)¹			(0.28 [4,2326] .89)

Unstructured covariance unless indicated by superscript ¹ Compound symmetry; ²Huynh-Feldt

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