Table 3.

Problems leading to poor attitudes towards patients and carers

Problem identified by nurses during workshop 5	Average rank of each problem*
Respect from colleagues and carers	4.75
Low salary	2.86
Inadequate equipment	1.36
Shortage of staff	1.25
Infection risk	1.25
Working overtime	1.11
No allowances	1.00
Long working hours	0.93
No promotions	0.21
No in-service training	0.07

*All nurses ranked their top five most important problems from 5 (most important) to 1 (least important). The ranks for each problem were summed and divided between the 28 participating nurses.