Table 4.

Five highest-rated items of clinical teachers’ abilities from three groups.

Rank	Items	Affiliated subscale	Score
MNS postgraduates
	Mastering nursing operation in the specialist field and the critically ill patients rescue techniques	Clinical nursing ability	4.39 $\pm$ 0.65
	Mastering the theoretical knowledge of the specialist field	Clinical nursing ability	4.35 $\pm$ 0.66
	High sense of responsibility, self-discipline	Clinical nursing ability	4.21 $\pm$ 0.69
	Being willing to help managers develop their own regular teaching and nursing work plan	Clinical managing ability	4.13 $\pm$ 0.79
	Being able to organize nursing rounds independently	Clinical teaching ability	4.06 $\pm$ 0.75
Clinical teachers
	Mastering the theoretical knowledge of the specialist field	Clinical nursing ability	4.41 $\pm$ 0.63
	High sense of responsibility, self-discipline	Clinical nursing ability	4.39 $\pm$ 0.67
	Mastering nursing operation in the specialist field and the critically ill patients rescue techniques	Clinical nursing ability	4.34 $\pm$ 0.67
	Enjoying nursing, and full of enthusiasm for nursing work	Clinical nursing ability	4.27 $\pm$ 0.68
	Having a strong sense of teamwork and ability	Interpersonal ability	4.25 $\pm$ 0.68
Head nurses
	Mastering the theoretical knowledge of the specialist field	Clinical nursing ability	4.59 $\pm$ 0.50
	High sense of responsibility, self-discipline	Clinical nursing ability	4.59 $\pm$ 0.52
	Mastering nursing operation in the specialist field and the critically ill patients rescue techniques	Clinical nursing ability	4.55 $\pm$ 0.55
	Having a strong sense of teamwork and ability	Interpersonal ability	4.46 $\pm$ 0.64
	Enjoying nursing teaching work	Clinical teaching ability	4.45 $\pm$ 0.57

Values are expressed as means of three replicates with standard deviations (Mean ± SD).