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Table 2 Summary of profiles for “actual scope of practice” and “practice environment”

From: A taxonomy of nursing care organization models in hospitals

  

Actual scope of practice

Practice environment

Hospital Code

Unit Code

Evaluation, planning and patient education

(factorial scores level)

Training and quality(factorial scores level)

Unit ranking for actual scope of practice*,**

Support to professional practice (factorial scores level)

Physician-nurse collaboration(factorial scores level)

Unit ranking for practice environment*,**

A

1

low

high

moderately broad

low

low

less supportive

 

2

medium

medium

moderately broad

low

medium

less supportive

B

3

high

low

moderately broad

high

high

more supportive

 

4

high

high

more broad

high

high

more supportive

C

5

low

high

moderately broad

high

high

more supportive

 

6

low

medium

less broad

medium

high

more supportive

D

7

high

high

more broad

medium

low

less supportive

 

8

medium

high

more broad

low

medium

less supportive

E

9

medium

high

more broad

medium

low

less supportive

 

10

medium

low

less broad

medium

medium

moderately supportive

F

11

low

high

moderately broad

low

low

less supportive

 

12

medium

high

more broad

medium

medium

moderately supportive

G

13

low

medium

less broad

medium

high

more supportive

 

14

medium

medium

moderately broad

low

medium

less supportive

 

15

high

low

moderately broad

medium

medium

moderately supportive

H

17

low

low

less broad

medium

low

less supportive

 

24

low

low

less broad

medium

medium

moderately supportive

I

18

high

low

moderately broad

high

medium

more supportive

 

19

medium

medium

moderately broad

high

high

more supportive

J

20

high

medium

more broad

medium

medium

moderately supportive

 

21

low

low

less broad

medium

medium

moderately supportive

K

22

low

low

less broad

low

medium

less supportive

  1. *Less (broad or supportive) low score on two factors, or low score on one factor and medium score on the other.
  2. Moderately (broad or supportive) medium score on two factors, or low score on one factor and high score on the other.
  3. More (broad or supportive) high score on two factors, or medium score on one factor and high score on the other.
  4. **Using the unit with the highest score as reference, high scores included the units with a score in the range of 60-100% of the reference unit, medium scores ranged from 45% to 59%; low scores were all those below 45%.