Development of the practice environment scale of the nursing work index†‡
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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. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 25:176–188, 2002
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The nurses' professional practice environment was measured using the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index, endorsed by the National Quality Forum.
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- Authors
- Lake, E. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lake, Eileen T.
- ORCID
- Lake, Eileen T.
- Venue
- Research in Nursing & Health
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-05-03
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 176-188
- ISSN
- 0160-6891 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-240X
- OpenAlex
- W1977592497
- Cited by
- 1,769
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 25.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research in Nursing & Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5k01nr000166-03)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR004513, K01-NR00166, R01-NR04513)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Healthcare Quality and Management
- Keywords
- Nursing Work Index, nursing work environment, Magnet hospitals, scale development, psychometric properties, construct validity, reliability statistics, nursing outcomes, patient outcomes, organizational characteristics
- MeSH terms
- Accreditation, Attitude of Health Personnel, Awards and Prizes, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Health Facility Environment, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, Job Satisfaction, Nurse Administrators, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Nursing, Supervisory, Pennsylvania, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Organizational Culture, Nursing Administration Research, Workload, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Benchmarking
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