Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration in Pediatric Workers and Undergraduate Medical/Nursing Students

Table 2

Comparisons of participants on total scores and four factors of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration.

Participants	Factors
	Shared education and teamwork	Nurses’ autonomy	Caring versus curing	Physician’s dominance	Total score
Pediatrician ()	22.8 ± 3.00	9.7 ± 1.24	10.03 ± 1.45	6.23 ± 1.14	48.68 ± 5.62
Pediatric nurses ()	23.34 ± 2.15	9.96 ± 1.25	9.85 ± 1.17	4.98 ± 1.22	48.13 ± 4.22
	0.12	0.44	0.21	<0.0001	0.67
Pediatric interns ()	22.48 ± 2.83	9.36 ± 1.31	9.89 ± 1.43	5.57 ± 1.05	47.30 ± 5.41
Nursing interns ()	24.03 ± 2.90	10.05 ± 1.29	10.18 ± 1.16	4.84 ± 1.31	49.11 ± 4.83
	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.10	<0.0001	0.0012
Medical students ()	22.61 ± 2.53	9.33 ± 1.21	10.02 ± 1.26	5.59 ± 1.19	47.26 ± 4.36
Nursing students ()	23.74 ± 2.57	9.95 ± 1.22	9.58 ± 1.17	4.41 ± 0.95	47.63 ± 4.00
	0.0006	0.003	0.003	<0.0001	0.68
PIS ()	22.63 ± 2.80	9.47 ± 1.26	9.98 ± 1.35	5.83 ± 1.17	47.90 ± 5.21
NIS ()	23.69 ± 2.56	9.99 ± 1.25	9.98 ± 1.19	4.77 ± 1.20	48.33 ± 4.42
	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.21	<0.0001	0.04

PIS consists of pediatrician, pediatric interns, and medical students; NIS consists of pediatric nurses, nursing interns, and nursing students.