title: Validation of a Spanish version of the practice environment scale of the nursing work index in the Colombian context.
abstract: The literature supports that organizations that create working conditions with positive practice environments improve nurses' job satisfaction and reduce turnover in hospital settings (Havens & Johnston, 2004; International Council of Nurses [ICN], 2007). Positive practice environments promote quality nursing care and better patient outcomes. However, in South America, there are no instruments to measure the nursing practice environment in a hospital setting. The purpose of this research was to examine the validity and reliability of a Spanish translation of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI; Lake, 2002) in the Colombian clinical context. An instrument validation study using expert panel review, content validity indexing techniques, and a factor analysis of survey responses from 144 nurses was used. The scale-level content validity evaluation achieved high levels of acceptability, with values above 0.90. Construct validity results suggest that the instrument consists of 5 factors as prescribed by original instrument. The overall internal consistency value was a Cronbach's alpha level of 0.89. This is the first instrument to measure the work environment of nursing practice in South America, now validated in the Colombian context.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.
authors.forename: Lisbeth Carolina Cardona
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Alzate
authors.forename: Gloria Lucia Arango
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bayer
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Squires
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*