Within the interpersonal interactions it was further categorized into nurse-patient or patient-patient interactions.
We used the same adjustment variables as shown in Table 3 and categorized the nurse-to-patient ratio into four groups (≤ 1.8, 1.8 to ≤ 1.9, 1.9 to 2.2, and > 2.2), using the first group as baseline.
The professional status of the respondents was categorized as physicians, nurses, and others (including respiratory therapists, student nurses, and nurse assistants).
Job rank was categorized as head nurse and basic nurse by asking a question: "Are you a head nurse or basic nurse?" Night shift was measured by asking a question: "Do you work night shift (yes/no)?" Monthly salary was divided into 2 categories: <2000, and ≥2001 yuan RMB.
This study identified and categorized all rewards nurses receive for doing their job, starting from the perceptions of the nurses themselves, instead of from the formalized organizational reward systems or from the general reward literature.
For level 2 patients, three cases (0.93%) categorized by PT nurses and four cases (1.24%) categorized by PEM physicians, were admitted to the pediatric ICU, and the rest were hospitalized in other wards or discharged.
We looked for a threshold effect by categorizing the nurse-to-patient ratio in four groups, the cutoff values being arbitrarily the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles of the ratio's distribution, and compared models using the likelihood ratio test.
Type of profession was categorized as "public health nurse and registered nurse" (= 1), "certified social worker" (= 2) or "care manager" (= 3).
Responses to both the global and specific satisfaction questions were also dichotomized and nurses were categorized as satisfied or unsatisfied in the analyses.
The Kamuzu College of Nursing of the University of Malawi provides nursing degrees categorized as generic (four year degrees offered to students enrolled straight from secondary school) and post-basic (degrees offered to enrolled nurses who have at least two years of service).
