Table 2 Personal and institutional related factors of nurses working at public hospitals in West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia, 2021(n = 411)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Lived with older people | ||
Yes | 213 | 51.8 |
No | 198 | 48.2 |
Caring for older people in clinical practice | ||
Yes | 224 | 54.6 |
No | 187 | 45.4 |
Type of hospital working in | ||
Primary | 148 | 36 |
General | 136 | 33.1 |
Referral | 127 | 30.9 |
Working unit/ward | ||
Medical ward | 73 | 17.8 |
Surgical ward | 66 | 16.1 |
Operation room | 54 | 13.1 |
Emergency | 52 | 12.7 |
Outpatients’ department | 91 | 22.1 |
Adult intensive care unit | 28 | 6.8 |
Gynecology ward | 47 | 11.4 |
Working hours per week | ||
39–60 h. | 338 | 82.2 |
> 60 h. | 73 | 17.8 |