Research Article

Medical Error Prevalence, Nursing Power, and Structural Empowerment: A Serial Mediation Analysis

Table 3

Serial mediation analysis summary.

The direct effect of structural empowerment on the prevalence of medical error
PathEffectSEtLLCIULCI

S.E.  ⟶ M.E. prevalence0.0890.1770.5030.616−0.2590.437

Indirect effects of structural empowerment on the prevalence of medical error
PathsEffectSELLCIULCI

S.E.  ⟶ F.P.  ⟶ M.E. prevalence0.04860.1166−0.18480.2753
S.E.  ⟶ I.P.  ⟶ M.E. prevalence−0.46210.0969−0.6627−0.2851
S.E.  ⟶ F.P.  ⟶ I.P.  ⟶ M.E. prevalence−0.21760.0578−0.3407−0.1158
Total−0.6310.149−0.922−0.343

S.E. structural empowerment, F.P. formal power, I.P. informal power, M.E. medical error.