Table 3.
Mean and median for the attitudes towards collaboration, within PIS and NIS, as measured by the Jefferson Scale items and total score.
| PIS (n = 312) | NIS (n = 344) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | IQR | Mean | Median | IQR | |
| (1) A nurse should be viewed as a collaborator and colleague with a physician rather than his/her assistant | 3.36 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.56 | 4.00 | 1 |
| (2) Nurses are qualified to assess and respond to psychological aspects of patients' needs | 3.18 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.40 | 3.00 | 1 |
| (3) During their education, medical and nursing students should be involved in teamwork in order to understand their respective roles | 3.42 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.47 | 3.00 | 1 |
| (4) Nurses should be involved in making policy decisions affecting their working conditions | 3.22 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.52 | 4.00 | 1 |
| (5) Nurse should be accountable to patients for the nursing care they provide | 3.49 | 4.00 | 1 | 3.34 | 3.00 | 1 |
| (6) There are many overlapping areas of responsibility between physicians and nurses | 2.90 | 3.00 | 2 | 2.86 | 3.00 | 1 |
| (7) Nurses have special expertise in patient education and psychological counselling | 3.32 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.38 | 3.00 | 1 |
| (8) Doctors should be dominant authority in all healthcare matters | 2.95 | 3.00 | 1 | 2.29 | 2.00 | 1 |
| (9) Imagine yourself in a situation where you work at a hospital, what do you then think about the following statement: physicians and nurses should contribute to decisions regarding the hospital discharge of patients | 2.87 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.05 | 3.00 | 0 |
| (10) The primary function of the nurse is to carry out the physician's orders | 2.86 | 3.00 | 1 | 2.48 | 2.00 | 1 |
| (11) Nurses should be involved in making policy decisions concerning the hospital support services upon which their work depends | 3.06 | 3.00 | 0 | 3.08 | 3.00 | 0 |
| (12) Nurses should also have responsibility for monitoring the effects of medical treatment | 3.17 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.16 | 3.00 | 0 |
| (13) Nurses should clarify a physician's order when they feel that it might have the potential for detrimental effects on the patient | 3.56 | 4.00 | 1 | 3.67 | 4.00 | 1 |
| (14) Physicians should be educated to establish collaborative relationships with nurses | 3.29 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.57 | 4.00 | 1 |
| (15) Interprofessional relationships between physicians and nurses should be included in their educational programmers | 3.22 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.52 | 4.00 | 1 |
| Jefferson total | 47.90 | 47 | 8 | 48.33 | 48 | 6 |
IQR = interquartile range; PIS consists of pediatrician, pediatric interns, and medical students; NIS consists of pediatric nurses, nursing interns, and nursing students.