Effect of Nurses’ Professionalism, Work Environment, and Communication with Health Professionals on Patient Safety Culture (AHRQ 2.0.): A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study

Table 2

Professionalism, nursing work environment, and nurses’ communication with health professionals (N = 271).

Variables	Range	Mean ± SD	Min	Max
Professionalism	1∼5	3.18 ± 0.35	2.08	3.96
Professional community affiliation		2.95 ± 0.55	1.20	4.60
Public service		3.43 ± 0.46	2.00	4.60
Autonomy		3.05 ± 0.44	2.00	4.60
Self-regulation		3.26 ± 0.47	1.40	4.80
Sense of calling		3.21 ± 0.63	1.20	5.00
Nursing work environment	1∼4	2.51 ± 0.50	1.21	3.69
Nursing foundations for quality of care		2.71 ± 0.55	1.00	4.00
Nurse manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses		2.65 ± 0.63	1.00	4.00
Nurse participation in hospital affairs		2.44 ± 0.58	1.00	4.00
Collegial nurse-physician relations		2.55 ± 0.70	1.00	4.00
Staffing and resource adequacy		2.06 ± 0.61	1.00	3.75
Nurses’ communication with health professionals	1∼5	3.13 ± 0.55	1.37	4.80
Openness		3.22 ± 0.72	1.00	5.00
Accuracy		3.06 ± 0.62	1.29	4.71
Understanding		2.76 ± 0.81	1.00	5.00
Shift communication		3.48 ± 0.77	1.00	5.00
Satisfaction		3.18 ± 0.80	1.00	5.00
Timeliness		3.76 ± 0.64	1.33	5.00