Patients'' Perceptions of Feeling Known by their Nurses Scale

Patients'' Perceptions of Feeling Known by their Nurses Scale

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of Patients'' Perceptions of Feeling Known by their Nurses Scale

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 08.04.2010 )

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The importance of the nurse-patient relationship to the overall well-being of the person has been explored by nurses. The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of patients'' perceptions of feeling known by their nurses. Development of the scale was guided by Newman''s Health as Expanding Consciousness (1994) and data from a qualitative descriptive study conducted in 2003 (Somerville). The four themes that emerged from the qualitative study were used to guide the development of the 85- item scale. This scale was exposed to a panel of nurse experts and was piloted with five patient participants to determine content validity, readability and understandability. The revised 77- item scale was then administered to 327 surgical inpatients. A sample size of 296 completed surveys was analyzed. A four-component solution was devised using Principal Components Analysis with Varimax rotation. This four-component solution accounted for 63.3% variance, with a total scale Cronbach''s alpha coefficient of 0.99.This process resulted in a reliable and valid 48 item PPFKN Scale with four components and a total scale Cronbach''s alpha coefficient of 0.98.

Детали книги:

ISBN-13:

978-3-8383-5598-6

ISBN-10:

3838355989

EAN:

9783838355986

Язык книги:

English

By (author) :

Jacqueline Somerville

Количество страниц:

148

Опубликовано:

08.04.2010

Категория:

Медицинский уход