Table 3.

Self-efficacy for preventing falls – nurse (11-item SEPFN, N = 562)

No.	I am confident about my ability to prevent patients from falling because	ITC	X̄*	sd
1	I receive a verbal report about my patients’ fall risk	0·7	4·7	1·4
2	The nurse from the previous shift tells me what to do to prevent my patients from falling	0·7	4·3	1·5
3	I have easy access to information about why patients are at risk to fall	0·6	5·1	1·1
4	I have easy access to information on how to prevent patients from falling	0·6	5·2	1·0
5	I do a fall risk assessment during my shift	0·4	5·7	0·8
6	I work with families/visitors to carry out the fall prevention plan	0·5	5·2	1·0
7	I give nursing assistants face-to-face report about their patients’ fall risk	0·7	5·1	1·2
8	I give nursing assistants face-to-face information about how to prevent their patients from falling	0·7	5·1	1·2
9	I give a fall risk report to the next shift	0·7	5·3	1·1
10	I tell the nurse on the next shift what to do to prevent our patients from falling	0·7	4·9	1·3
11	We all work together as a team	0·4	5·4	0·9

ITC = item total correlation.

^*Range = 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest).