Table 5 Summary of data from all wards from this study (South Australia, n ≅ 217) compared to data obtained from Alberta nurses in the KUSP study (n ≅ 152), including the ratio of the two mean scores.
From: Measuring the context of care in an Australian acute care hospital: a nurse survey
Dimensions of context | Measure | South Australia | Alberta | Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SD | SD | |||||
1. Leadership | Mean | 3.8 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1.06 |
2. Culture | Mean | 3.9 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
3. Feedback processes | Mean | 3.2 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.14 |
4. Information sharing interaction | Median | 3 | 2 | |||
5. Information sharing activities | Median | 2 | 2 | |||
6. Information sharing social processes | Mean | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3.83 | 0.6 | 1.05 |
7. Structural and electronic resources | Median | 3 | 5 | |||
8. Organisation slack - Human resources | Mean | 2.9 | 1.1 | NR | ||
9. Organisation slack - Space | Mean | 2.6 | 1.0 | NR | ||
10. Organisation slack - Time | Mean | 2.9 | 0.6 | NR | ||
11. Organisational slack | Median | 8.7 | 5.5 | |||