TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing and validating the Japanese version of professional attitude scale for nurses
AU - Takada, N.
AU - Asakura, K.
AU - Sugiyama, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank JSPS KAKENHI for their financial support.
Funding Information:
Funding sources: This study was funded by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant number: 15K20659).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. International Nursing Review published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Council of Nurses.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Aim: We developed and psychometrically tested the Japanese version of the Professional Attitude Scale for Nurses (PASN-J). Background: Nurses must recognize the importance of their professionalism; therefore, it is critical to quantitatively measure nurses’ professional attitudes. Introduction: This instrument validation study was designed to generate an itemized scale and examine its content validity/psychometric testing using a sample of Japanese nurses. Methods: Based on a trait approach focusing on the characteristic traits of the nursing profession, a 59-item draft scale was generated. During November 2017, 2657 nurses from 29 facilities in Japan were surveyed. The questionnaire included demographics, the 59-item draft scale, and a self-report scale of nurses’ professional behaviour and nursing practice ability. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we evaluated the construct, criterion-related, concurrent, and known-groups validity, and reliability of the PASN-J. Results: Data from 1716 participants were analysed. The analyses yielded a 38-item, 3-factor scale that adequately fit the data. PASN-J scores were positively correlated with nurses’ professional behaviour and nursing practice ability. Conclusion: The 38-item PASN-J has good reliability and validity, making it useful for measuring the current condition of nursing professionalism and evaluating nursing education. Implications for Nursing and Health Policy: This scale can evaluate nursing education and promote nurses’ professionalism. The PASN-J will help identifying the elements of undergraduate nursing education that require further emphasis. Additionally, the PASN-J could facilitate the development of nursing policies to promote professional development in nurses. Ultimately, evaluating nursing education with the PASN-J enhances nurses’ professional attitudes and subsequently improves their quality of nursing, nursing efficiency and patient outcomes.
AB - Aim: We developed and psychometrically tested the Japanese version of the Professional Attitude Scale for Nurses (PASN-J). Background: Nurses must recognize the importance of their professionalism; therefore, it is critical to quantitatively measure nurses’ professional attitudes. Introduction: This instrument validation study was designed to generate an itemized scale and examine its content validity/psychometric testing using a sample of Japanese nurses. Methods: Based on a trait approach focusing on the characteristic traits of the nursing profession, a 59-item draft scale was generated. During November 2017, 2657 nurses from 29 facilities in Japan were surveyed. The questionnaire included demographics, the 59-item draft scale, and a self-report scale of nurses’ professional behaviour and nursing practice ability. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we evaluated the construct, criterion-related, concurrent, and known-groups validity, and reliability of the PASN-J. Results: Data from 1716 participants were analysed. The analyses yielded a 38-item, 3-factor scale that adequately fit the data. PASN-J scores were positively correlated with nurses’ professional behaviour and nursing practice ability. Conclusion: The 38-item PASN-J has good reliability and validity, making it useful for measuring the current condition of nursing professionalism and evaluating nursing education. Implications for Nursing and Health Policy: This scale can evaluate nursing education and promote nurses’ professionalism. The PASN-J will help identifying the elements of undergraduate nursing education that require further emphasis. Additionally, the PASN-J could facilitate the development of nursing policies to promote professional development in nurses. Ultimately, evaluating nursing education with the PASN-J enhances nurses’ professional attitudes and subsequently improves their quality of nursing, nursing efficiency and patient outcomes.
KW - attitudes
KW - instrument validation study
KW - Japanese
KW - nurses
KW - nursing education
KW - professionalism
KW - scale development
KW - trait approach
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U2 - 10.1111/inr.12627
DO - 10.1111/inr.12627
M3 - Article
C2 - 33047308
AN - SCOPUS:85092399445
SN - 0020-8132
VL - 68
SP - 24
EP - 33
JO - International Nursing Review
JF - International Nursing Review
IS - 1
ER -
