Israeli nurse practice environment characteristics, retention, and job satisfaction

Table 4 PES characteristics by geographic region (N = 583)

PES characteristic	Northern region	Central region	Jerusalem	Southern region
	M	M	M	M
	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)
Nurse participation in hospital affairs	2.46	2.46	2.51	2.47
	(0.62)	(0.57)	(0.53)	(0.57)
Staffing and resource adequacy*	2.74	2.54	2.62	2.67
	(0.54)	(0.57)	(0.59)	(0.48)
Nursing foundations for quality of care	2.84	2.85	2.84	2.86
	(0.51)	(0.44)	(0.47)	(0.65)
Nurse manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses	2.90	2.89	2.92	3.06
	(0.58)	(0.52)	(0.53)	(0.51)
Collegial nurse-physician relations	3.10	2.98	2.97	2.97
	(0.60)	(0.55)	(0.59)	(0.66)
Total	2.46	2.72	2.74	2.77
	(0.62)	(0.42)	(0.44)	(0.43)

ISSN: 2045-4015