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Validation of the Practice Environment Scale to the Brazilian culture
Author(s) -
Gasparino Renata C.,
Guirardello Edinêis de B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.12475
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , burnout , reliability (semiconductor) , organizational culture , job satisfaction , psychology , nursing management , nursing , structural equation modeling , quality (philosophy) , applied psychology , work environment , nursing practice , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology , management , computer science , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , machine learning , economics
Aim To validate the Brazilian version of the Practice Environment Scale. Background The Practice Environment Scale is a tool that evaluates the presence of characteristics that are favourable for professional nursing practice because a better work environment contributes to positive results for patients, professionals and institutions. Method Methodological study including 209 nurses. Validity was assessed via a confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modelling, in which the correlations between the instrument and the following variables were tested: burnout, job satisfaction, safety climate, perception of quality of care and intention to leave the job. Subgroups were compared and the reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and the composite reliability. Results Factor analysis resulted in exclusion of seven items. Significant correlations were obtained between the subscales and all variables in the study. The reliability was considered acceptable. Conclusion The Brazilian version of the Practice Environment Scale is a valid and reliable tool used to assess the characteristics that promote professional nursing practice. Implications for nursing management Use of this tool in Brazilian culture should allow managers to implement changes that contribute to the achievement of better results, in addition to identifying and comparing the environments of health institutions.