Inpatient satisfaction and job satisfaction/stress of medical workers in a hospital with the 7:1 nursing care system (in which 1 nurse cares for 7 patients at a time)

Table 3 Characteristics and working status of physicians and nurses under the 10:1 and 7:1 systems

Working years ^aafter the acquisition of a license and ^bin this hospital. ^cNurses were working under the 3-shift system so that their working h/day, no. of night duty/month, and working days/month were the same under both systems. ^dWorking days in another hospitals. Statistical differences were analyzed either by ^eone-way ANOVA followed by Scheffe test as a post hoc test or ^fStudent’s t test (*P < 0.05)

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