Introduction and Systematic Review of the Good Nursing Care Scale

Area of Science:

• Nursing Research
• Healthcare Quality Assessment

Background:

• The Good Nursing Care Scale (GNCS) is a key instrument for evaluating patient-centered nursing care.
• Systematic review of its application in health research is essential for understanding its utility and psychometric properties.

Approach:

• A systematic review was conducted, analyzing empirical studies using the GNCS for patient data collection.
• Databases searched included PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Scopus.
• Analysis involved descriptive statistics, narrative review, and psychometric property evaluation.

Key Points:

• 26 studies met the inclusion criteria, indicating consistent theoretical structure and systematic development of the GNCS.
• Findings reveal a predominantly high level of patient-centered quality of nursing care.
• Psychometric properties (validity and reliability) were generally reported as sufficient, supporting international use.

Conclusions:

• The GNCS is a validated instrument for assessing high levels of patient-centered nursing care quality.
• Continued systematic evaluation is necessary to generate longitudinal data.
• The scale is recommended for researchers and practitioners for quality analysis and comparison.