Table 2.
Nurses’ Practice Characteristics and Differences between Nurses in the Perceived Practice Environment, Person-centeredness, Quality, and Patient Safety.
| Practice Characteristics | Categories (n, %) | Work Environment Mean (SD) | Person-Centeredness Mean (SD) | Quality of Care Mean (SD) |
Patient Safety Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital size; beds | Small; <100 (66, 11.3) Medium; 100–199 (96, 16.5) Large; >200 (421, 72.2) |
3.57 (0.38) 3.67 (0.41) 3.56 (0.44) |
3.60 (0.35) 3.67 (0.33) 3.66 (0.41) |
3.63 (0.51) 3.83 (0.55) 3.73 (0.57) |
3.62 (0.57) 3.67 (0.56) 3.56 (0.60) |
| Teaching status | Teaching (355, 60.9) Non-teaching (228, 39.1) |
3.55 (0.45) 3.62 (0.39) |
3.64 (0.41) 3.68 (0.36) |
3.73 (0.58) 3.73 (0.55) |
3.56 (0.60) 3.63 (0.56) |
| Accreditation status | Accredited (162, 28.0) Non-accredited (420, 72.0) |
3.56 (0.40) 3.59 (0.44) |
3.65 (0.37) 3.65 (0.40) |
3.70 (0.53) 3.75 (0.58) |
3.60 (0.54) 3.58 (0.60) |
| Total working hours in the last working shift | 7 h (278, 47.7) 8 h (102, 17.5) 10 h (98, 16.8) 12 h (93, 16.0) Others (12, 2.1) |
3.62 (0.43) **a 3.63 (0.41) ** a 3.52 (0.43) 3.46 (0.41) 3.50 (0.43) |
3.70 (0.39) **a 3.71 (0.42) **a 3.57 (0.37) 3.55 (0.35) 3.65 (0.40) |
3.74 (0.58) 3.80 (0.53) 3.63 (0.61) 3.73 (0.50) 3.77 (0.61) |
3.63 (0.60) 3.61 (0.58) 3.47 (0.59) 3.52 (0.52) 3.49 (0.76) |
| Number of patient under your care | <5 patients (45, 7.7) 5–10 patients (182, 31.2) 11–15 patients (140, 24.0) >15 patients (216, 37.0) |
3.75 (0.40) *b 3.60 (0.44) 3.57 (0.43) 3.53 (0.41) |
3.80 (0.34) **b 3.70 (0.44) 3.61 (0.38) 3.61 (0.36) |
3.90 (0.56) 3.78 (0.61) 3.70 (0.51) 3.68 (0.55) |
3.80 (0.57) *b 3.62 (0.56) 3.55 (0.57) 3.54 (0.62) |
Notes: *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01. a: Nurses working 7-h and 8-h shifts had a significantly higher mean value than nurses working 12-h shifts. b: Nurses with less than 5 patients had a significantly higher mean value.