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Development of the practice environment scale of the Nursing Work Index.
- Source :
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Research in nursing & health [Res Nurs Health] 2002 Jun; Vol. 25 (3), pp. 176-88. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Five subscales were derived from the Nursing Work Index (NWI) to measure the hospital nursing practice environment, using 1985-1986 nurse data from 16 magnet hospitals. The NWI comprises organizational characteristics of the original magnet hospitals. The psychometric properties of the subscales and a composite measure were established. All measures were highly reliable at the nurse and hospital levels. Construct validity was supported by higher scores of nurses in magnet versus nonmagnet hospitals. Confirmatory analyses of contemporary data from 11,636 Pennsylvania nurses supported the subscales. The soundness of the new measures is supported by their theoretical and empirical foundations, conceptual integrity, psychometric strength, and generalizability. The measures could be used to study how the practice environment influences nurse and patient outcomes.<br /> (Copyright 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
- Subjects :
- Accreditation
Attitude of Health Personnel
Awards and Prizes
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Nurse Administrators psychology
Nurse Administrators standards
Nursing Administration Research methods
Nursing Administration Research standards
Nursing, Supervisory standards
Organizational Culture
Outcome Assessment, Health Care organization & administration
Pennsylvania
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling standards
Psychometrics
Benchmarking
Health Facility Environment organization & administration
Job Satisfaction
Nursing Staff, Hospital organization & administration
Nursing Staff, Hospital psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires standards
Workload psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0160-6891
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Research in nursing & health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12015780
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.10032