TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the Family Nurse caring belief scale (FNCBS)
AU - Meiers, Sonja J.
AU - Tomlinson, Patricia
AU - Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Measurement of family nursing practice phenomena needs particular attention. This study develops a new instrument, Family Nursing Caring Belief Scale (FNCBS), that measures nurse attitudes regarding provision of family-sensitive care to families in crisis and establishes initial psychometric properties. Classical test theory was used to construct a discriminative, summative instrument for measuring nurse attitudes. Internal consistency reliability in a randomly selected sample (N = 163) of pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit nurses was estimated at .81 (Cronbach's α) and .78 (Guttman split half). A four-factor structure was revealed: ethical caring practices, systems orientation to family, child advocacy, and normalizing milieu. The FNCBS demonstrated concurrent (r = .57) and criterion-related validities. The FNCBS demonstrated sound psychometric properties with a child-rearing population of families and has the potential for future use in family nursing research, education, and practice. It requires further assessment before testing with an adult population.
AB - Measurement of family nursing practice phenomena needs particular attention. This study develops a new instrument, Family Nursing Caring Belief Scale (FNCBS), that measures nurse attitudes regarding provision of family-sensitive care to families in crisis and establishes initial psychometric properties. Classical test theory was used to construct a discriminative, summative instrument for measuring nurse attitudes. Internal consistency reliability in a randomly selected sample (N = 163) of pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit nurses was estimated at .81 (Cronbach's α) and .78 (Guttman split half). A four-factor structure was revealed: ethical caring practices, systems orientation to family, child advocacy, and normalizing milieu. The FNCBS demonstrated concurrent (r = .57) and criterion-related validities. The FNCBS demonstrated sound psychometric properties with a child-rearing population of families and has the potential for future use in family nursing research, education, and practice. It requires further assessment before testing with an adult population.
KW - Family care
KW - Instrumentation
KW - Interpersonal relationships
KW - Methods
KW - Nursing
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U2 - 10.1177/1074840707310734
DO - 10.1177/1074840707310734
M3 - Article
C2 - 18180471
AN - SCOPUS:38749095899
VL - 13
SP - 484
EP - 502
JO - Journal of Family Nursing
JF - Journal of Family Nursing
SN - 1074-8407
IS - 4
ER -