Good nurse characteristics tool:development and psychometric testing
Sina Valiee
Syede Mona Nemati
Kambiz Zehni
Abstract：Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically analyze the characteristics of the good nurse from the perspective of service recipients.
Methods: The current research was conducted in two phases: qualitative and psychometric. In the first stage, the items of the questionnaire were designed by interviews with nursing service recipients, and in the next stage, construct validity, content validity, face validity, reliability, and internal consistency were all reviewed.
Results: Based on the results of the content analysis of the interview with nursing service recipients and related literature review, an 80-item questionnaire was designed. After analyzing its content validity, 40 items were validated and 40 were eliminated. Using exploratory factor analysis, six factors were identified: attentive and communicative, patron and companionable, complete caregiver, safer and skillful, advocate and confidant. The reliability of the tool was assessed by applying Cronbach's alpha method with a value of 0.90.
Conclusions: 'The Good Nurse Characteristics Tool' could be used to assess the service receivers' point of view and provide useful information regarding nurses' performance to managers and nurses, and will provide the basis for improving the quality of nursing services.
Keywords：imagenursesnursing servicesprofessionpsychometrics
Publication Date：2025-03-29
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 57-65 )