Validity and Reliability of the Persian Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index
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Background
The practice environment pivotal role in patients and nurses better outcomes is evident. Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index (PES‑NWI) is widely utilized to assess nursing work environments. The present study was conducted to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of PES‑NWI.Materials And Methods
The instrument was translated and its psychometrics were investigated by content, construct validity (factor analysis), and homogeneity (internal consistency and intraclass correlation) on a sample of 350 nurses at educational hospitals in East Azerbaijan, Iran.Results
The 30 items loaded onto 4 factors explained 34.9550.06% of the variance. The items across the factors differed slightly from those reported by the original author of the PES‑NWI. Cronbachs alpha and Pearson coefficient for the entire instrument and also for extracted factors was 0.700.96.Conclusions
The Persian version of PES‑NWI has an appropriate level of validity and reliability in the Iranian setting for nurses. The subscale of Nursing Foundations for quality care needs modification.Keywords:
Language:
English
Published:
Iranian Journal Of Nursing and Midwifery Research, Volume:22 Issue: 2, Mar-Apr 2017
Pages:
106 to 111
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