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Table 4 The relationships between nurse managers’ work activities (NMWCQ), nurses’ job satisfaction (KUHJSS), medication errors and subareas of patient satisfaction (RHCS) 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 patient satisfaction (RHCS)

B

p

Outcomes variables

Leadership (KUHJSS)

Medication errors

.132

−.011

.002**

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Work well-being (NMWCQ)

Medication errors

-.171

-.005

.002**

Cognition of physical needs

Development of nursing (NMWCQ)

Requiring factors of work (KUHJSS)

-.782

-.543

.003**

Professional practice

Organizing (NMWCQ)

Clinical nursing (NMWCQ)

Leadership (KUHJSS)

-.124

-.178

-.114

.004**

Pain and apprehension

Communication (NMWCQ)

Development of nursing (NMWCQ)

Working welfare (KUHJSS)

Medication errors

.324

-.327

-.420

-.011

.005**

Information

and participation in own care

Organizing (NMWCQ)

Medication errors

-.201

-.011

.007**

Human resources

Financial management (NMWCQ)

Medication errors

-.273

-.014

.028**

Total patient satisfaction

Work well-being (NMWCQ)

Working welfare (KUHJSS)

Medication errors

-.217

-.356

-.006

<.001***

  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