Designing and psychometric evaluation of safe nursing care instrument in intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing safe care in a sensitive and high-risk unit such as the ICU is one of the most crucial tasks for nurses. One way to establish the criteria for safe care is by creating a instrument to assess it. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of designing and psychometrically evaluating an instrument for safe nursing care in the ICU.

Methods

The current study employed a sequential-exploratory mixed-method approach with two qualitative and quantitative phases. Based on the results of qualitative phase and the literature review, the primary instrument was designed. In the quantitative phase, the designed instrument underwent psychometric evaluation. Face, content and construct validity were assessed. Face validity was assessed by 20 nurses, and content va

SUBMITTER: Tajari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384708 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature