The Verran Professional Governance Scale: Confirmatory and Exploratory Analysis

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.