| Physicians and nurses should contribute to decisions regarding the hospital discharge of patients. | Nurses can treat and send a patient back home without asking permission from a physician (yes=2, In some circumstances=1, no=0). |
| Nurses should be involved in making policy decisions concerning the hospital support services on which their work depends. | Nurses and other non-physician professionals are involved in organisational/managerial decisions (yes, all the time=2, sometimes=1, rarely=0). |
| The primary function of the nurse is to carry out the physician’s orders. | Nurses and other non-physician professionals are involved in supervision and training activities (yes, all the time=2, sometimes=1, rarely=0). |