Table 3.

The comparison of attitudes of nurse versus physicians on patient safety culture

Items	Nurse		Physicians		χ2	p
	NPR	NOR	NPR	NOR
A1. People support one another in this facility	624	97	270	31	1.93	0.17
A3. When a lot of work needs to be done quickly, we work together as a team to get the work done	647	75	250	51	8.45	0.01
A4. In facility, people treat each other with respect	692	29	267	34	19.42	0.01
A11. When one area in this unit gets really busy, others help out	607	115	231	70	7.7	0.01
B2. Manager says a good word when he/she sees a job done according to established	540	182	242	59	3.78	0.06
B3. Whenever pressure builds up, my supervisor/manager wants us to work faster, even if it means taking shortcuts	458	264	203	98	1.49	0.22
B4. My supervisor/manager overlooks patient safety problems that happen over and over	559	163	243	58	1.37	0.24
A6. We are actively doing things to improve patient safety.	646	75	250	51	8.41	0.01
A13. After we make changes to improve patient safety, we evaluate their effectiveness.	654	68	258	43	5.2	0.02
F1. Hospital management provides a work climate that promotes patient safety.	536	186	193	108	10.62	0.01
F8. The actions of hospital management show that patient safety is a top priority.	590	132	233	68	2.51	0.11
F9. Hospital management seems interested in patient safety only after an adverse event happens	478	244	193	108	0.41	0.52
A10. It is just by chance that more serious mistakes don't happen around here.	556	166	271	30	23.27	0.01
A17. We had patient safety problems in this unit.	446	276	195	106	0.82	0.36
A18. Our procedures and systems are good at preventing errors from happening.	497	225	174	127	11.45	0.01
C1. We are given feedback about changes put into place based on event reports.	385	337	169	132	0.68	0.41
C3. We are informed about errors that happen in this unit.	490	232	163	139	17.31	0.01
C5. In this unit, we discuss ways to prevent errors from happening again.	419	303	136	165	14.13	0.01
C2. Staff will freely speak up if they see something that may negatively affect patient care.	347	375	175	126	8.63	0.01
C4. Staffs are afraid to ask questions when something does not seem right.	596	126	224	77	8.83	0.01
C6. Staffs feel free to question the decisions or actions of those with more authority.	593	129	232	69	3.48	0.06
A8. Staff feel like their mistakes are held against them.	646	75	237	64	21.74	0.01
A12. When an event is reported, it feels like the person is being written up, not the problem.	615	107	250	51	0.73	0.39
A16. Staff worry that mistakes they make are kept in their personnel file.	644	75	273	28	0.29	0.59
F4. There is good cooperation among hospital units that need to work together.	480	242	184	117	2.67	0.10
A2. We have enough staff to handle the workload.	457	265	146	155	19.21	0.01
A5. Staffs in this unit work longer hours than is best for patient care.	450	272	182	118	0.25	0.81
A7. We use more agency/temporary staff than is best for patient care.	489	233	171	130	11.06	0.01
A14. We work in “crisis mode” trying to do too much, too quickly.	606	116	250	51	0.12	0.79

Legend:NPR, Number of positive response answers; NOR, Number of other response answers.