Nurse's Opinions on School-Hospital Cooperation: Scale Development Study

Background and Purpose: This study aims to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can evaluate the views of clinical nurses on school-hospital cooperation and the scale of nurses. Methods: Within the scope of validity analyses for the development of the scale, content validity index, construct validity, and known group validity were used. Standard error, Cronbach's alpha, item-total score correlation, and scale response bias methods were used within the scope of reliability analyses. Results: In the final version of the developed scale, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.90, and Bartlett's test result was χ²: 2819.610, p < 0.001. It was determined that the total variance of the scale was 45.33%, and the Cronbach's alpha was 0.857. In the scale response bias analysis, the Hotelling T² value was 3585.645. Conclusions: It was found that the Nurses' Views of School-Hospital Cooperation Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.