Developing and validating the Japanese version of professional attitude scale for nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

We developed and psychometrically tested the Japanese version of the Professional Attitude Scale for Nurses (PASN-J).

Background

Nurses must recognize the importance of their professionalism; therefore, it is critical to quantitatively measure nurses' professional attitudes.

Introduction

This instrument validation study was designed to generate an itemized scale and examine its content validity/psychometric testing using a sample of Japanese nurses.

Methods

Based on a trait approach focusing on the characteristic traits of the nursing profession, a 59-item draft scale was generated. During November 2017, 2657 nurses from 29 facilities in Japan were surveyed. The questionnaire included demographics, the 59-item draft scale, and a self-report scale of nurses'

SUBMITTER: Takada N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature