Measuring the Nursing Work Environment during Public Health Emergencies: Scale Adaptation and Validation

作者：Xiyi Wang, Jing Shao, Jiaqi Lian, Aozhou Weng, Jianhong Chang, Mengting Ji, Cai‐Feng Wang, Qiong Fang, Zhihong Ye, Yun Hu · 发表于：Journal of Nursing Management · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1155/2024/9910079 · 被引用次数：13 · 研究领域：Disaster Response and Management、Nursing education and management、COVID-19 and Mental Health

Aim: To develop a scale for measuring nurse's perceived work environment during the public health emergencies (PHEs) and assess its reliability and validity. Background: Although there is extensive research on instruments for measuring nursing work environments in regular healthcare settings, there is a lack of specific scales tailored to address the unique work conditions experienced by nurses during PHEs. Design: This study employed a cross-sectional design for psychometric evaluation and adhered to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement. Methods: A self-report scale, the Chinese Nursing Work Environment Scale for Public Health Emergencies (C-NWE-PHE), was developed, integrating situational characteristics. Data on demographics, adapted scale scores, and subjective evaluations of nursing management performance were collected from 1156 nurses through online surveys conducted between January 2023 and March 2023. Confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson correlations, and Cronbach's alpha analyses were conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale. Results: The adapted C-NWE-PHE scale comprised 28 items organized into five subscales: Workforce and Deployment Support, Leadership and Emergency Management, Autonomy and Empowerment, Teamwork and Collaboration, and Logistics and Humanistic Care. Structural equation modelling showed satisfactory factor loadings for each subscale and a good model fit, confirming constr...