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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Nurs. 2008 Dec;17(24):3324–3329. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02639.x

Table 2.

Items Related to the Staffing-Resource Adequacy and Nurse-Physician Relations Subscales, and the Percent of Nurses That Agree That They Are Present in Their Jobs (N=5,956)

Staffing-Resource Adequacy
Percent Agreeing
  Enough registered nurses on staff to provide quality patient care 17.7
  Enough staff to get the work done 19.9
  Adequate support services allow me to spend time with my patients 38.9
  Enough time and opportunity to discuss patient care problems with other nurses 38.9
Nurse-Physician Relations
  A lot of teamwork between nurses and physicians 42.7
  Physicians and nurses have good working relationships 62.6
  Collaboration (joint practice) between nurses and physicians. 66.2