Abstract
Aim: To report an assessment of the psychometric properties of the Professional Practice Environment (PPE) scale in a sample of Australian nurse educators in acute care hospitals. Background: Although nurse educators are important in an enabling work environment, there has been no reported exploration of their satisfaction with work in acute care hospitals. Discussion: The factor structure and internal consistency of the PPE scale were consistent with Erickson's eight-factor model of the items, indicating the appropriateness of the scale as an assessment tool to measure the PPE of nurse educators. Conclusion: The PPE scale is useful for monitoring the work environment of nurse educators in clinical practice and the environmental effects influencing their recruitment, retention and job satisfaction. Implications for practice: This work may inform the development of integrated professional practice environments where the professional practice and workplace satisfaction of nurse educators are optimised, influencing safe, quality patient care.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 14-18 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Volume | 23 |
No | 4 |
Specialist publication | Nurse Researcher |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Instrument development
- Nurse educator
- Practice
- Principal component analysis
- Psychometric testing
- Reliability
- Validity professional practice environment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Research and Theory