Effects of Nurses’ Perceptions of Patient Safety Rules and Procedures on Their Patient Safety Performance: The Mediating Roles of Communication about Errors and Coworker Support

Table 3

Standardized direct and indirect effects for the hypothetical model (N = 1,053).

Path	b		95% CI (lower, upper)
Direct effects
Rules and procedures regarding patient safety ⟶ patient safety compliance	0.325	<0.001	[0.202, 0.401]
Rules and procedures regarding patient safety ⟶ patient safety participation	0.429	<0.001	[0.326, 0.543]
Indirect effects
Rules and procedures regarding patient safety ⟶ communication about errors ⟶ patient safety compliance	0.062	0.001	[0.025, 0.092]
Rules and procedures regarding patient safety ⟶ communication about errors ⟶ patient safety participation	0.046	0.012	[0.010, 0.081]
Rules and procedures regarding patient safety ⟶ coworker support ⟶ patient safety compliance	0.166	<0.001	[0.101, 0.210]
Rules and procedures regarding patient safety ⟶ coworker support ⟶ patient safety participation	0.087	0.001	[0.031, 0.145]

Note. Rules and procedures regarding patient safety refer to nurses’ perceptions of patient safety rules and procedures; CI, bias-corrected confidence interval.