Path analysis the influence of self-efficacy and professional identity on attitudes toward prescriptive authority among oncology nurse specialists

Table 4 Univariate analysis of oncology nurses’ beliefs and attitudes toward their prescriptive authority (mean ± SD)

Sports event		n	Score	t value/F	P value
Age (years)	< 30	73	101.03 ± 15.93	0.2532	0.8590
	30-39	208	101.83 ± 15.31
	40-49	41	103.17 ± 12.85
	≥ 50	6	104.83 ± 11.72
Gender	Male	53	106.34 ± 15.02	2.369	0.0184
	Female	275	101.01 ± 14.99
Nursing experience (years)	< 3	32	101.46 ± 15.50	0.2615	0.9025
	3-5	25	102.52 ± 14.03
	6-10	77	101.06 ± 16.82
	11-20	161	102.58 ± 14.52
	> 20	30	100.13 ± 13.82
Level of hospital	Primary hospital	29	104.86 ± 13.77	3.442	0.0332
	Secondary hospital	32	95.66 ± 16.21
	Tertiary hospital	267	102.30 ± 14.94
Title	Registered nurse	43	102.93 ± 15.24	1.425	0.2252
	Senior nurse	64	103.70 ± 15.76
	Nurse manager	164	99.95 ± 15.13
	Associate chief nurse	46	104.41 ± 14.10
	Chief nurse	11	105.18 ± 10.50
Highest education level	Secondary/tertiary	32	102.25 ± 15.57	1.422	0.2428
	Undergraduate	272	101.40 ± 15.33
	Postgraduate student	24	106.79 ± 10.64
Duties	Charge nurse	167	101.22 ± 15.28	0.5714	0.6836
	Care team leader	106	101.87 ± 15.38
	Head nurse	40	102.80 ± 14.80
	Director/deputy director of nursing	10	108.10 ± 7.80
	Nursing department officer	5	104.20 ± 14.66
Nurse competence	N1	53	101.92 ± 16.82	2.599	0.0522
	N2	102	98.97 ± 15.64
	N3	136	102.79 ± 13.93
	N4	37	106.43 ± 13.73
Specialist nurse grade	Courtyard	91	100.74 ± 16.22	2.536	0.0567
	Municipal	79	99.48 ± 18.47
	Provincial level (e.g., government)	119	102.62 ± 11.74
	National level (e.g., nature reserve)	39	107.10 ± 12.45
Participation in outpatient nursing clinic visits	No	207	101.57 ± 14.81	0.4740	0.6358
	Yes	121	102.39 ± 15.63
Master's degree	No	304	101.57 ± 15.40	1.293	0.1969
	Yes	24	105.71 ± 10.36
Years of practice as a specialist oncology nurse	1-5	254	101.04 ± 15.30	2.783	0.0633
	6-10	52	106.38 ± 13.09
	> 10	22	100.91 ± 15.74