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Adding a nursing information technology subscale to the practice environment scale of the Nursing Work Index
Author(s) -
Moorer Oyweda W.,
Meterko Mark,
AltWhite Anna C.,
Sullivan Jennifer L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20360
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , discriminant validity , nursing , reliability (semiconductor) , health care , index (typography) , veterans affairs , work (physics) , perception , medicine , nursing practice , psychology , patient satisfaction , computer science , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , world wide web , economics , engineering , internal consistency , economic growth
Abstract In the past decade, the use of information technology (IT) to support healthcare delivery has greatly expanded. Introducing new clinical information systems and updating existing systems require continued learning and training among registered nurses (RNs) and other clinicians. Consequently, a 5‐item measure was designed as a subscale to the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. This new subscale, the Nursing Information Technology Subscale (NITS) measures RNs' perception of the extent to which IT in their practice environment supports patient care delivery. A psychometric evaluation of the NITS was conducted at 8 Veterans Affairs hospitals. The findings demonstrated that this brief subscale has acceptable reliability as well as convergent and discriminant validity. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 33:48–59, 2010