Organizational readiness to change as a leverage point for improving safety: a national nursing home survey

Table 1 Characteristics of CLCs and their staff respondents

Variable	N (%) or mean ± standard deviation
Person-level characteristics (n = 1397)
Occupation type
Nursing assistants	333 (24.4)
Licensed nurses	711 (52.1)
Clinicians/specialists	192 (14.1)
Senior managers	80 (5.9)
Administrative/support	49 (3.6)
CLC tenure in years
< 2 years	445 (32.6)
≥ 2 years < 5 years	340 (24.9)
≥ 5 years < 10 years	310 (22.7)
≥ 10 years	272 (19.9)
Work shift
Day	673 (49.4)
Night, evening and others	690 (50.6)
Work hours per week
≤ 40 h	974 (70.7)
> 40 h	403 (29.3)
CLC-level characteristics (n = 56)
Occupation: licensed nurses (%)	53.9 ± 17.2
Tenure: ≥ 5 years (%)	46.2 ± 16.2
Work shift: day shift (%)	51.7 ± 18.3
Work hours: ≤ 40 h/week (%)	72.0 ± 13.3
Non-response rate	4.4 ± 2.6
Number of operating beds	100.3 ± 60.7
Nursing ratio	6.8 ± 1.5
VA hospital complexity
Low	13 (23.2)
Medium	24 (42.9)
High	19 (33.9)
CLC location
Mid-Atlantic	12 (21.4)
Midwest	11 (19.6)
Northeast	9 (16.1)
South	14 (25.0)
West	10 (17.9)
Job satisfaction/ engagement^a	3.80 ± 0.21
Psychological and behavioral readiness to change^a	3.28 ± 0.34

Note: CLC Community Living Centers. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding or missing item-level data. ^a Range for job satisfaction/engagement and Psychological and Behavioral Readiness to Change is 1–5

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