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MyoungJin Kim1, Mary J Dyck, Amy Funk
1Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA.
Background And Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the revised Educational Needs Assessment (ENA) questionnaire, a 32-item questionnaire designed to assess educational needs of nurses.
Methods:
Data were obtained from 317 nursing home nurses in central Illinois and underwent testing for psychometric properties.
Results:
The principal component analysis yielded a 6-factor solution that explained 65.9% of the variance and Cronbach's alpha for each factor was satisfactory.
Conclusions:
The revised ENA can be a useful tool to measure and identify in what areas of educational needs nursing home nurses need to develop their skills to help patients more effectively.
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