The public's perception of the nursing profession: Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the nursing image scale in Taiwan

The public's perception of the nursing image deeply influences nurses' work and professional development. However, the Taiwanese public's perception of nursing remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of a Chinese version of the Nursing Image Scale (...

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Published inNursing & health sciences Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. e13137 - n/a
Main Authors Hu, Shui‐Tao, Chou, Pei‐Chun, Wu, Li‐Min, Feng, Jui‐Ying, Yeh, Tzu‐Pei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.09.2024
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Chinese languages
Cooperation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exploratory factor analysis
Female
Humans
Innovations
Male
Measures
Middle Aged
Nursing
Nursing - methods
Nursing - standards
nursing image
Perception
Professional development
Professionalism
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics - methods
Public Opinion
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Snowball sampling
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taiwan
Validity
Taiwan
nursing image
reliability
validity
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Summary:The public's perception of the nursing image deeply influences nurses' work and professional development. However, the Taiwanese public's perception of nursing remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of a Chinese version of the Nursing Image Scale (NIS) in Taiwan. This was a psychometric study using a cross‐sectional survey. Participants were recruited via the snowball sampling method through the online community software LINE from August 1 to 13, 2019. After data collection, the construction and validation of the NIS to measure public opinion were assessed, including content validity, corrected item‐total correlation, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and reliability. A total of 1331 valid responses were included in the analysis. After EFA analysis, the 20 scale items were divided across the four domains of prudence and care, innovation and cooperation, efficiency and division, and professionalism and respect. The NIS (Chinese version) was valid and reliable for measuring public opinion and may be used to examine changes in public perceptions of nursing.
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ISSN:1441-0745
1442-2018
1442-2018
DOI:10.1111/nhs.13137