Nursing students’ patient safety competencies in the classroom and clinical settings: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing

Table 2 Classroom and clinical H-PEPSS domain scores for nursing students

Patient Safety Domains	Settings	N	Score (1–5)		Paired T-Test &	Agree/Strongly Agree (4–5 On Scale)		Kolmogorov–Smirnov test
Patient Safety Domains	Settings	N	M	SD	P	N	%	KS Test (P-value)
Clinical Safety	Class	215	3.91	0.78	T = 0.01 P = 0.99	179	83.25	1.16 (0.13)
Clinical Safety	Clinical	215	3.91	1.13	T = 0.01 P = 0.99	176	81.86	1.03 (0.23)
Working In Teams with Other Health Professionals	Class	215	3.28	0.82	T=-1.01 P = 0.31	142	66.04	1.24 (0.09)
Working In Teams with Other Health Professionals	Clinical	215	3.33	0.79	T=-1.01 P = 0.31	155	72.09	1.27 (0.07)
Communicating Effectively	Class	215	3.65	0.92	T = 0.02 P = 0.97	167	77.67	1.18 (0.12)
Communicating Effectively	Clinical	215	3.65	0.84	T = 0.02 P = 0.97	165	76.74	1.21 (0.11)
Managing Safety Risks	Class	215	3.43	0.92	T=-0.38 P = 0.69	154	71.62	1.14 (0.14)
Managing Safety Risks	Clinical	215	3.46	0.84	T=-0.38 P = 0.69	152	70.69	0.74 (0.62)
Understanding Human and Environmental Factors	Class	215	3.34	0.97	T = 1.61 P = 0.10	145	67.44	0.19 (0.51)
Understanding Human and Environmental Factors	Clinical	215	3.24	0.94	T = 1.61 P = 0.10	137	63.72	0.51 (0.79)
Recognize, Respond to And Disclose Adverse Events and Close Calls	Class	215	3.27	0.83	T = 0.67 P = 0.50	144	66.97	0.76 (0.59)
	Clinical	215	3.26	0.84	T = 0.67 P = 0.50	132	61.39	0.66 (0.71)
Culture Of Safety	Class	215	3.46	0.84	T = 3.62 P = 0.001	152	70.69	1.01 (0.20)
Culture Of Safety	Clinical		3.24	0.92	T = 3.62 P = 0.001	126	58.60	1.12 (0.16)
Overall Patient Safety Competency	Class	215	3.50	0.55	T = 1.71 P = 0.08	182	84.65	0.88 (0.21)
Overall Patient Safety Competency	Clinical	215	3.45	0.57	T = 1.71 P = 0.08	179	83.25	0.91 (0.18)

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