Table 1.

Selected Survey Items.

1	Active staff development or continuing education programs for nurses. (Options: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, strongly agree)
2	Enough time and opportunity to discuss patient care problems with other nurses. (Options: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, strongly agree)
3	Patient care assignments that foster continuity of care (i.e., the same nurse cares for the patients from one day to the next). (Options: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, strongly agree)
4	Important patient care information is often lost during shift changes. (Options: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, neither, somewhat agree, strongly agree)