Development and Psychometric Testing of the Nursing Culture Assessment Tool

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• Personal Author:
  Beckett G ; Borchers A ; Hemmings A ; Kennerly SM ; Schafer JC ; Yap TL
• Description:
  A valid and reliable nursing culture assessment tool aimed at capturing general aspects of nursing culture is needed for use in health care settings to assess and then reshape indicated troubled areas of the nursing culture. This article summarizes the Nursing Culture Assessment Tool's (NCAT) development and reports on a cross-sectional, exploratory investigation of its psychometric properties. The research aims were to test the tool's psychometric properties; discover its dimensionality; and refine the item structure to best represent the construct of nursing culture, an occupational subset of organizational culture. Empirical construct validity was tested using a sample of licensed nurses and nursing assistants (n = 340). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and logistical regression yielded a 6-factor, 19-item solution. Evidence supports the tool's validity for assessing nursing culture as a basis for shaping the culture into one that supports change, thereby accelerating, improving, and advancing nursing best practices and care outcomes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health Care Settings Behavior Communication Cross Sectional Studies Culture Expectations Health Care Facilities Health Care Personnel Job Satisfaction Nursing Nursing Actions Professional Commitment Psychology Staffing Teamwork Work Environment

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• ISSN:
  1054-7738
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  467-485
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050222
• Citation:
  Clin Nurs Res 2012 Nov; 21(4):467-485
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan M. Kinnerly, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
• Email:
  Susan.Kennerly@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Clinical Nursing Research
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d56ac758244c9861f9f083df9581a12612e77c4fcf1d571875dbc2e43d5930460252a8cb2280c2b30fd9216190f409c2b34fe168daffe0cddce1166d99dfbba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210662/cdc_210662_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 4.47 MB ]