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Table 5 The correlation between the nursing students’ scores for medication safety competence and safe nursing care according to their dimensions

From: Investigating safe nursing care and medication safety competence in nursing students: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Iran

Medication safety competence and its dimensions

Safe nursing care and its dimensions

nursing skills

psychological safety

physical safety

teamwork

Total safe nursing care score

medication management and patient assessment

r = 0.249

P < 0.001

r = 0.008

P = 0.898

r = 0.356

P < 0.001

r = 0.395

P < 0.001

r = 0.168

P = 0.008

improvement of safety problems in the medication process

r = 0.143

P = 0.029

r = 0.124

P = 0.051

r = 0.296

P < 0.001

r = 0.263

P < 0.001

r = 0.195

P = 0.002

management of effecting factors

r = 0.004

P = 0.095

r = 0.135

P = 0.033

r = 0.048

P = 0.051

r = 0.015

P = 0.0815

r = 0.043

P = 0.0498

management of safety risks

r = 0.201

P < 0.001

r = 0.112

P = 0.076

r = 0.061

P = 0.034

r = 0.163

P < 0.001

r = 0.204

P < 0.001

multidisciplinary collaboration

r = 0.123

P = 0.053

r = 0.150

P = 0.018

r = 0.197

P = 0.002

r = 0.185

P = 0.003

r = 0.228

P < 0.001

responsibility as a professional nurse

r = 0.207

P < 0.001

r = 0.164

P = 0.009

r = 0.028

P = 0.660

r = 0.138

P = 0.029

r = 0.203

P < 0.001

Total medication safety score

r = 0.028

P < 0.001

r = 0.077

P = 0.022

r= -0.286

P < 0.001

r=-0.210

P = 0.001

r = 0.084

P < 0.001

  1. r: Pearson’s correlation coefficient