title: Validity and reliability of nursing workload measurement systems: strategies for nursing administrators.
abstract: In Part One, an overview of the theory related to validity and reliability of workload measurement systems (WMSs) was reviewed. In this article, the MEDICUS WMS is used to provide a concrete example of the type of comprehensive validity and reliability programs that can be established, in an inpatient setting, on the basis of this theory. Practical strategies for monitoring validity and reliability are identified. Administrators can adapt the approaches specified to fit the methodology underpinning other WMSs.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: O'Brien-Pallas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016526:Workload