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Table 3 The relationships of hospital, number of nurses, nurse managers’ work activities (NMWCQ), patient satisfaction (RHCS) and medication errors on nurses’ job satisfaction (KUHJSS) subareas at the unit (n = 28) level

From: Relationships between nurse managers’ work activities, nurses’ job satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and medication errors at the unit level: a correlational study

The model of job satisfaction (KUHJSS)

B

p

Requiring factors of work

Development of nursing (NMWCQ)

Cognition of physical needs (RHCS)

Outcomes variables (RHCS)

−.623

−.547

.779

< .001***

Working environment

Hospitals

Hospital 1

Hospital 2 Hospital

3 Number of nurses

< 40 > 40

Communication (NMWCQ)

.932

.201

0a

−.410

0a

−.457

.002**

Leadership

Number of nurses

< 40

> 40

Work well-being (NMWCQ)

Outcomes variables (RHCS)

Medication errors

.654 0a

−.413

.966

.022

.047*

Working welfare

Cognition of physical needs (RHCS)

−.239

.025*

Motivating factors of the work

Communication (NMWCQ)

−.306

.050*

Total job satisfaction

Communication (NMWCQ)

Outcomes variables (RHCS)

−.301

.403

.044*

  1. Significance: * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.005; *** = p < 0.001
  2. Abbreviations: B Unstandardized coefficients, NMWCQ Nurse Managers’ Work Content Questionnaire, KUHJSS Kuopio University Hospital Job Satisfaction Scale, RHCS Revised Humane Caring Scale