2013;21:4-22. doi: 10.1891/1061-3749.21.1.4.
Development and psychometric testing of the Nursing Research Self-Efficacy Scale (NURSES).
Journal of Nursing Measurement
Evelyn Swenson-Britt, Andrea Berndt
UIID-EM: 81
Bookshelf ID: 2013-15496-002 DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.21.1.4
Abstract
Background and Purpose: The Nursing Research Self-Efficacy Scale (NURSES) was designed to measure individual nurses' degree of research self-efficacy and their perceptions regarding their unit's collective support of research use. Development for the NURSES instrument spanned a 4-year period, which included initial development, revisions, and psychometric evaluations. Method: The NURSES is a 38-item Likert-scale instrument developed through ongoing instrument validation that included content validation and exploratory and confirmatory analysis. The 5 subscales include obtaining science-based knowledge resources, critically reading and evaluating quantitative research literature, critically reading and evaluating qualitative research literature, understanding and applying theory, and collective research efficacy. Results: Over a 4-year period, approximately 1000 practicing nurses from multiple hospitals responded to the instrument. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the existence of four subscales for research self-efficacy and one subscale for collective research efficacy. Reliability for the subscales was excellent, ranging from .94 to .97. Conclusions: Hospitals may wish to use the NURSES instrument as an orientation tool, or to examine relationships between research efficacy and nurses' professional development. Health care facilities on a Magnet journey might also use the NURSES instrument to assess their nursing staff as they pursue evidence-based practice and conduct research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)
Keywords: psychometric testing; Nursing Research Self-Efficacy Scale; instrument validation
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