title: Including the provider in the assessment of quality care: development and testing of the Nurses' Assessment of Quality Scale - acute care version.
abstract: This study was designed to develop a psychometrically sound measure of nurses' evaluation of patient care delivered. The Nurses' Assessment of Quality Scale-Acute Care Version (NAQS-ACV), derived from the qualitative interviews of acute care nurses, was initially 138 items formatted as a Likert-type scale and administered to 1272 nurses from 7 acute care hospitals. After analysis, the scale was reduced to 77 items contained in 8 factors. Reliability estimates for the factors ranged from 74 to 94.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. mary_lynn@unc.edu
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lynn
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McMillen
authors.forename: Souraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidani
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011594:Psychometrics; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D020377:Self Efficacy; D015144:Southeastern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*