Table.

Effect of Nurse Engagement and Nurse Staffing on Patient Safety

	Nurse Engagement		Nurse Staffing
	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Unfavorable patient safety grade	.71 (.68–.75)	<.001	1.06 (1.03–1.10)	<.001
Ways to prevent errors from occurring are not discussed	.76 (.72–.80)	<.001	1.02 (.98–1.06)	.375
Actions of administrators do not show that patient safety is a top priority	.65 (.61–.69)	<.001	1.05 (1.01–1.10)	.023
We are not given feedback about changes put in place based on incident reports	.74 (.71–77)	<.001	1.01 (.97–1.04)	.646
Important information about patients is lost during shift change	.87 (.83–.91)	<.001	1.05 (1.02–1.09)	.002
Things fall through the cracks when transferring patients	.88 (.85–.92)	<.001	1.06 (1.02–1.09)	.001
Staff do not feel free to question decisions of those in authority	.79 (.76–.82)	<.001	1.07 (1.04–1.10)	<.001
Staff feel mistakes are held against them	.81 (.78–.85)	<.001	1.03 (.10–1.07)	.064

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Odds Ratios are from logistic regression models that estimate the net effects of a 1-unit increase in Nurse Staffing (1 additional patient per nurse) or a 1-category shift in Nurse Engagement (eg, from least to somewhat or somewhat to moderate, on engagement) on the odds of unfavorable nurse responses to patient safety questions. All models adjust (or control) for nurse characteristics and hospital characteristics.