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The nurse-nurse collaboration scale.

Mary B Dougherty1, Elaine L Larson

  • 1Office of Academic Affiliations, Veterans Health Administration 1800 G St NW, Suite, 870, Washington, DC 20006, USA. mary.dougherty@va.gov

The Journal of Nursing Administration
|December 17, 2009
PubMed
Summary

A new Nurse-Nurse Collaboration (NNC) Scale shows good reliability and validity for measuring collaboration among intensive care nurses. The scale assesses five distinct domains of NNC, crucial for improving patient care and job satisfaction.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Science
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Nurse-nurse collaboration (NNC) is vital for reducing medical errors and enhancing patient care and job satisfaction.
  • Existing instruments primarily focus on nurse-physician collaboration, leaving a gap in measuring NNC.
  • A validated instrument is needed to quantify the level of collaboration among nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate the reliability and validity of a new instrument, the Nurse-Nurse Collaboration (NNC) Scale.
  • To establish a psychometrically sound tool for measuring NNC.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review to define NNC domains and identify relevant items.
  • Development of the NNC Scale based on identified domains: problem solving, communication, coordination, shared process, and professionalism.
  • Psychometric testing including pilot testing for content/construct validity and field testing with 76 ICU nurses, assessing reliability and convergent validity.

Main Results:

  • The NNC Scale demonstrated high overall reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .89).
  • Convergent validity correlations were low to moderate, suggesting the scale measures 5 distinct domains rather than a global concept.
  • Internal consistency for the 5 subscales was acceptable, ranging from .66 to .91.

Conclusions:

  • The NNC Scale is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring NNC in intensive care nurses.
  • Further research with larger, diverse samples is recommended for broader generalizability and factor analysis.