(Nursing Career Problems : Scale Development And Validation)

Abstract

Purpose – Nurses are one of the most important groups in healthcare. The role of nurses in providing effective patient care is very wide. Therefore, nurses who are compatible and motivated in work life are important determinants of quality and success of care. It is necessary to measure career problems via the right measurement tools in order to improve the nurses’quality of worlk life. This study aims to develop a inclusive measurement tools which include vary dimension of career problems. Design/ Methodlogy/Approach – The study was conducted with 208 nurses. Content validity, construct validity and reliability analysis was conducted using SPSS 20.0 and LISREL 8.8. Findings – The scale has 4 factors and 23 statements according to content and construct validty tests. Each stataments have factors’ weights higher than 0.40 and t-values are higher than 1.96. It was observed that fit indices were among the acceptable range. Cronbach alpha coeffeccinent of the scale is 0.893. There is significant correlation between the test-retest results. Discussion – It was seen that, the scale was suitable as structure and content and reliable for measuring the nurses’ career problems by vary dimensions.