2011•Nursing Journal of Chinese People's Liberation ArmyRequires access

Development of Professional Identity Scale for Nurses

Xiaohong Liu

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Objective To develop a professional identification scale(PIS) for nurses,and to test its reliability and validity.Methods The original PIS was developed by interviews,expert consultations and literature survey to systematically analyse reliability and validity of the scale on the basis of investigating 224 nurses.Results The PIS for nurses was consisted of five components and 30 items,with 58.75% total variance explained.Satisfactory reliability and validity were determined(Cronbach's α=0.0938,χ2/df=1.85).All the data met the demands of confirmatory factor analysis.Conclusion The PIS provides nursing managers a tool to evaluate professional identity for nurses and provide evidence for nursing human resource management.

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Key concepts: Cronbach's alpha, Scale (ratio), Confirmatory factor analysis, Reliability (semiconductor), Variance (accounting), Validity, Psychology, Nursing