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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Psychometrics
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Professional governance is crucial for nursing practice and job satisfaction.
  • Existing instruments may require refinement to accurately capture governance behaviors.
  • The Verran Professional Governance Scale (VPGS) was developed to assess these behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To psychometrically test and refine the Verran Professional Governance Scale (VPGS).
  • To establish the structural construct validity of the VPGS.
  • To evaluate the scale's reliability and correlation with related constructs.

Main Methods:

  • Item reduction based on floor/ceiling effects and redundancy (Phase 1).
  • Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (EFA/CFA) for structural validity (Phase 2).
  • Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and fit indices assessment.

Main Results:

  • A refined 22-item Verran Professional Governance Scale (VPGS) was established.
  • The scale demonstrated satisfactory internal consistencies and good model fit indices.
  • Significant positive correlations were found between VPGS scores, job satisfaction, and control over nursing practice.

Conclusions:

  • The refined VPGS is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring professional governance behaviors in nursing.
  • The scale's validity is supported by factor analysis and its correlation with job satisfaction and practice control.
  • Findings support the importance of professional governance in enhancing nursing practice environments.