Development of the Family Nursing Practice Scale

Abstract

This article describes the development and testing of the Family Nursing Practice Scale (FNPS). This self-report questionnaire is designed to measure perceived changes in family nursing practice including attitudes toward working with families, critical appraisal of their family nursing practice and reciprocity in the nurse-family relationship. Categories were derived from a needs assessment, competence as effective application of knowledge and skill and theoretical foundations for family assessment and intervention. Psychometric testing (content, construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability) was undertaken with 140 psychiatric nurses in Hong Kong. Practice appraisal and nurse-family relationships accounted for 56.4% of the variance. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients were .88 and .73 for the two subscales, respectively, and .86 for the scale overall. Test-retest reliability ranged from .62 to .93 on the individual items. The results provide preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of the FNPS. The instrument provides quantitative and qualitative evaluation components.

Family Nursing Education: Faster, Higher, Stronger

“…Despite the hundreds of academic and practicing nurses from around the world who have attended this workshop over the years, we have only begun to evaluate the learning using a pre/post standardized questionnaire, the Family Nursing Practice Scale (Simpson & Tarrant, 2006) and focus group interviews (Bell, Moules, Auger, Laing, & Toner, 2009). We hope to collaborate with others to design demonstration projects that evaluate the outcomes of these kinds of intensive learning opportunities in practice settings.…”

Self-efficacy scale for the establishment of good relationships with families in neonatal and pediatric hospital settings

“…At present, no tool is available for the assessment of nurses' self-efficacy for establishing a good relationship with the family. The closest instrument for the evaluation of these concepts is the Family Nursing Practice Scale, developed by Simpson and Tarrant in 2006, which is developed to measure perceived changes in family nursing practice including nurses attitudes toward working with families, critical appraisal of their family nursing practice and reciprocity in the nurse-family relationship (11) . Considering the importance of the relational aspect of care and the challenges of relating to families, the selfefficacy level perceived by nurses is an important predictor of their behavior in establishing effective relationships with families.…”

Systematic review of measurement properties of instruments assessing nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice

“…A total of 19 studies were included in this systematic review reporting on the following five instruments used to assess nurses’ attitudes towards the importance of involving families in their clinical practice: Families’ Importance in Nursing Care: Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC‐NA) (Benzein, Johansson, Arestedt, Berg, Johansson, Arestedt, Berg, & Saveman, ; Blöndal et al, ; Hsiao & Tsai, ; Luttik et al, ; Pascual Fernández et al, ) and three further versions of the scale: a revised version (FINC‐NA‐R) (Gusdal, Josefsson, Thors Adolfsson, & Martin, ; Linnarsson, Benzein, & Årestedt, ; Saveman, Benzein, Engström, & Årestedt, ), a short version (FINC‐NA‐S) (Mackie, Marshall, Mitchell, & Ireland, ) and a modified Portuguese version (IFCE‐AE) (Oliveira et al., ). Family Nurse Practice Scale (FNPS) (Hsiao & Tsai, ; Simpson & Tarrant, ). Family Nurse Caring Belief Scale (FNCBS) (Meiers, Tomlinson, & Peden‐McAlpin, ). Family‐Centered Care Questionnaire (FCCQ) (Bruce & Ritchie, ) and a revised version (FCCQ‐R) (Alabdulaziz, Moss, & Copnell, ; Bruce et al, ; Caty, Larocque, & Koren, ; Coyne, Murphy, Costello, O'Neill, & Donnellan, ). Measure of Beliefs about Participation in Family‐Centered Service (MBP‐FCS) (Asai, ; King et al, ). …”