The development and application of Nurse Job Performance Scale / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective We sought to develop Nurse Job Performance Scale and test its validity and reliability.Methods Initial version of Nurse Job Performance Scale was formulated by using literature review and qualitative interview.By cross-sectional investigating of 562 nurses in coastal cities by convenience sampling as well as screening and selecting items through item analysis,the validity and reliability was tested under the statistics.Results Three factors containing 14 items were extracted by using exploratory factor analysis:work coordination,working enthusiasm and work involvement.The average value of factor loading was between 0.643～0.839,the 3 factors explained 73.9％ of the total variance.The total Cronbach's α was 0.937 and the Cronbach's α coefficients of every dimension were between 0.767～0.930.Conclusions Nurse Job Performance Scale has good validity and variability.