Effect of Nurses’ Professionalism, Work Environment, and Communication with Health Professionals on Patient Safety Culture (AHRQ 2.0.): A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study
Table 4
Correlation among professionalism, nursing work environment, nurses’ communication with health professionals, and patient safety culture (N = 271).
Variable
r (p)
PF
1
2
3
4
5
NE
6
7
8
9
10
NC
11
12
13
14
15
16
PSC
Professionalism
1
(1) Professional community affiliation
0.736
1
(2) Public service
0.710
0.366
1
(3) Autonomy
0.610
0.310
0.292
1
(4) Self-regulation
0.645
0.322
0.402
0.407
1
(5) Sense of calling
0.723
0.460
0.427
0.220
0.200
1
Nursing work environment
0.060
0.058
0.069
−0.139
−0.204
0.312
1
(6) Nursing foundations for quality of care
0.076
0.086
0.133
−0.161
−0.200
0.299
0.886
1
(7) Nurse manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses
0.073
0.064
0.129
−0.149
−0.149
0.267
0.789
0.628
1
(8) Nurse participation in hospital affairs
0.003
0.014
−0.002
−0.134
−0.213
0.247
0.925
0.750
0.675
1
(9) Collegial nurse-physician relations
0.078
0.028
0.079
−0.043
−0.100
0.238
0.755
0.607
0.519
0.629
1
(10) Staffing and resource adequacy
0.051
0.049
−0.058
−0.022
−0.111
0.239
0.703
0.463
0.492
0.602
0.516
1
Nurses’ communication with health professionals
0.190
0.074
0.149
−0.009
−0.067
0.411
0.543
0.488
0.417
0.450
0.562
0.362
1
(11) Openness
0.278
0.169
0.206
0.027
0.060
0.414
0.475
0.427
0.385
0.384
0.509
0.301
0.897
1
(12) Accuracy
−0.200
−0.159
−0.072
−0.297
−0.328
0.082
0.296
0.284
0.274
0.224
0.254
0.200
0.480
0.172
1
(13) Understanding
0.195
0.093
0.092
0.117
−0.041
0.344
0.467
0.378
0.309
0.397
0.559
0.358
0.871
0.749
0.242
1
(14) Shift communication
0.178
0.015
0.157
0.023
0.050
0.314
0.268
0.275
0.229
0.247
0.165
0.128
0.604
0.590
0.194
0.332
1
(15) Satisfaction
0.235
0.094
0.154
0.109
0.043
0.350
0.453
0.395
0.323
0.381
0.510
0.305
0.872
0.832
0.252
0.754
0.591
1
(16) Timeliness
0.237
0.077
0.248
0.005
0.046
0.372
0.366
0.409
0.282
0.319
0.244
0.162
0.590
0.556
0.139
0.354
0.525
0.511
1
Patient safety culture
0.118
0.054
0.181
−0.088
−0.124
0.317
0.601
0.584
0.575
0.499
0.404
0.357
0.588
0.526
0.324
0.357
0.496
0.545
0.559
1
PF, professionalism; NE, nursing work environment; NC, nurses’ communication with health professionals; PSC, patient safety culture. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).
