The Impact of Nursing Characteristics and the Work Environment on Perceptions of Communication

Table 2

Differences in openness and accuracy of communication.

(a)

	Within nursing Mean (SD)	Between DR and RN Mean (SD)	t	P
Open communication	5.74 (1.00)	4.45 (1.30)	10.227	.000
Accuracy of communication	2.68 (.80)	2.82 (.91)	2.18	.031

(b)

	RN (𝑛=119); M (SD)	LPN (𝑛=135); M (SD)	t	P
Open communication with nurses	5.75 (1.01)	6.32 (0.7)	−2.051	.042
Open communication with physicians	4.44 (1.30)	4.60 (1.48)	−.432	.667
Accuracy of communication with nurses	3.29 (0.59)	2.56 (0.4)	4.542	.000
Accuracy of communication with physicians	3.28 (0.65)	3.04 (0.51)	1.350	.179