Psychometric evaluation of the Positions on Nursing Diagnosis scale

Nurses’ characteristics and practice environments: Comparison between clusters with different attitude and utilisation profiles regarding nursing diagnosis

“…This study has provided evidence on the profile of nurses regarding the utilisation of and attitude towards ND. Previous studies have found a strong direct relationship between attitudes towards ND and the behaviour of using ND in their professional practice worldwide (D'Agostino et al, ; Netto & Almeida, ; Romero‐Sánchez et al, ). The results obtained in this study support this statement, as it was found that nurses with a more positive attitude towards ND are the ones who most frequently used it.…”

“…Higher scores indicate better attitudes and lower scores indicate worse attitudes, with a neutral attitude represented by a score of 80. The PND has shown evidence of satisfactory psychometric properties, revealing a one‐factor model, adequate criterion and contrasting‐group validities, as well as internal consistency and test–retest reliability in the original version (Lunney & Krenz, ) and other transcultural adaptations (D'Agostino et al, ), including the Spanish version (Romero‐Sánchez et al, ), which is used in this study. Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES‐NWI): The PES‐NWI is a 31‐item questionnaire developed by Lake () to measure the perception of nurses regarding their practice environment. The NPE is defined as the organisational characteristics of a work environment that facilitate or constrain professional nursing practice (Lake, ).…”

“…ND and nursing documentation are related concepts, as ND is considered a core element of nursing records that helps to avoid redundancy and encourage nurses to structure better their reports (Wilkinson, ). Nevertheless, although the type of management appears to be a factor that only influences attitudes towards ND, this should be considered a positive element for the given health care organisation, as, in previous studies, a favourable attitude has been associated with a higher utilisation in different types of institution (D'Agostino et al, ; Guedes et al, ; Romero‐Sánchez et al, ).…”

Relationships between the Advanced Nursing Process quality and nurses' and patient' characteristics: A cross‐sectional study

“…The German PND (Lunney, ) was previously evaluated in a quasi‐experimental study (Leoni‐Scheiber, Gothe, & Müller‐Staub, ). The original PND was repeatedly tested and showed good results, for example content validity 90 per cent agreement (Lunney & Krenz, ), test–retest reliability 0.90 [95% CI (0.87–0.92)], internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha 0.96 (Romero‐Sánchez et al, ), construct validity by confirmatory factor analysis (≥0.96) (D’Agostino et al, ).…”

Measuring the effects of guided clinical reasoning on the Advanced Nursing Process quality, on nurses’ knowledge and attitude: Study protocol

“…The psychometric properties of the original PND showed favourable results: its content validity exceeded an agreement of 90% by four expert raters (Lunney & Krenz, ), the test–retest reliability as measured by intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.90 (95% CI [0.87, 0.92]), and the internal consistency as measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.96 (Romero‐Sánchez, Paloma‐Castro, et al, ). The construct validity was measured by confirmatory factor analysis and showed highly correlated factors in the three‐factor model solution (≥0.96) (D'Agostino et al, ). The PND requires 5 min to complete and will be filled out by the participating nurses in handwriting on the first and last GCR days and 3 months later on their respective wards.…”