Path analysis the influence of self-efficacy and professional identity on attitudes toward prescriptive authority among oncology nurse specialists

Table 2 Oncology nurses' beliefs and attitudes scores, professional identity scores, and self-efficacy scores regarding prescribing authority (mean ± SD)

Dimension or total score	Entry	Score	Average score for each entry
Sensing the need for prescriptive authority	6	23.61 ± 4.61	3.94 ± 0.77
Self-efficacy for exercising prescriptive authority	6	23.21 ± 4.83	3.87 ± 0.81
Perceived benefits of prescriptive authority	10	42.06 ± 7.53	4.21 ± 0.75
Perceived barriers to exercising prescriptive authority	5	12.99 ± 4.69	2.60 ± 0.94
Beliefs and attitudes toward prescriptive authority	27	101.88 ± 15.13	3.77 ± 0.56
Professional identity	21	122.79 ± 20.10	5.85 ± 0.96
Self-efficacy	10	32.06 ± 6.38	3.21 ± 0.64