Development of a Professionalism Measurement Scale for Clinical Nurses
10.22650/JKCNR.2023.29.2.186
- Author:
Jeonghyun KIM
1
;
Hyesoon LEE
;
Yanghee PANG
Author Information
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Pusan, Korea
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2023;29(2):186-197
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Purpose:The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure professionalism of clinical nurses and evaluate the reliability and validity of the scale.
Methods:DeVellis’s scale-development eight steps were applied.The initial items were developed through a literature review and discussion with investigators, and the content validity was verified by seven experts. The data were collected from 250 hospital nurses for exploratory factor analysis and 217 hospital nurses for confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were utilized to assess the construct validity. Cronbach’s ⍺ was used to test the internal consistency reliability.
Results:The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the scale comprised four factors: professional skill(eight items), sense of ethics (five items), knowledge-seeking activities (four items), and autonomy(three items). The four-factor structure was validated (x2 =600.85 p<.001, GFI=.88, CFI=.84, RMSEA=.07), and Cronbach’s ⍺ for the total scale was .84.
Conclusion:The study results showed satisfactory reliability and validity of the professionalism measurement scale for clinical nurses. This scale has potential as an appropriate instrument for measuring clinical nurse professionalism.
