Nurses’ demographics, competency and bidding frequency (extraction of the dataset from the period of April 2015 to October 2017)
| Variable | Bid for jobs, n (%) | Total number of nurses on the register (active/suspended) | |
| Yes | No | ||
| Number of active nurses | 51 (28.8) | 126 (71.2) | 177 |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 45 (28.8) | 111 (71.2) | 156 |
| Male | 6 (28.6) | 15 (71.4) | 21 |
| Race | |||
| Chinese | 38 (31.9) | 81 (68.1) | 119 |
| Malay | 8 (22.2) | 28 (77.8) | 36 |
| Indian | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 13 |
| Others | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 9 |
| Competency in services | |||
| Insertion of nasogastric tube | 48 (28.9) | 118 (71.1) | 166 |
| Insertion of nasogastric tube with paediatrics | 3 (9.1) | 30 (90.9) | 33 |
| Wound dressing | 51 (30.0) | 119 (70.0) | 170 |
| Wound dressing with paediatrics | 3 (10.3) | 26 (89.7) | 29 |
| Urinary catheterisation | 44 (32.8) | 90 (67.2) | 134 |
| Suture-To-Off | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | 8 |
| Injection (new service) | 3 (20.0) | 12 (80.0) | 15 |
| Bidding frequency | |||
| Frequent (≥10 bids) | 9 (5.1) | ||
| Moderate (5–9 bids) | 8 (4.5) | ||
| Low (1–4 bids) | 34 (19.2) | ||
| No bids | 126 (71.2) | ||
| Jobs successfully bid | |||
| 1 job | 11 (34.4) | ||
| 2–3 jobs | 11 (34.4) | ||
| 4–5 jobs | 3 (9.4) | ||
| 6–7 jobs | 4 (12.5) | ||
| >7 jobs | 3 (9.4) | ||