Transition shock among nursing interns and its relationship with patient safety attitudes, professional identity and climate of caring: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Correlation analysis of transition shock, patient safety attitudes, professional identity, and climate of caring among nursing interns(n = 356)

Variable	Domain	Transition shock
Variable	Domain	Spearman correction coefficients(r)
Climate of caring	One-to-one nursing teacher’s caring for patients	− 0.429**
	One-to-one nursing teacher’s caring for students	− 0.422**
	The peers in hospital	− 0.359**
	The other medical workers in wards	− 0.411**
	Over all	− 0.447**
Patient safety attitudes	Safety culture	− 0.362**
	Teamwork culture	− 0.396**
	Error disclosure culture	− 0.265**
	Implement security conditions	− 0.347**
	Over all	− 0.386**
Professional identity	Professional cognition	− 0.396**
	Professional evaluation	− 0.523**
	Professional impact	− 0.515**
	Over all	− 0.531**

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