title: Development and Psychometric Testing of Two Tools to Assess Nurse Practitioners' Provision of Spiritual Care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of two tools measuring the frequency nurse practitioners (NPs) assess for spiritual need and provide spiritual interventions. Spiritual care provided by NPs has the potential to improve health indicators without increasing costs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey design
  
  
  METHODS
  Concept analysis of the literature supported each item developed for the new assessment and intervention tools. Content validity was tested with six subject matter experts using Lawshe's method of content validity ratios (CVR). Inter-item correlations further supported convergent and divergent validity of the items with 133 practicing NPs. Cronbach's alpha supported internal consistency of the tools and subscales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CVR analysis provided data supporting revision of the original tools. Convergent and divergent validity were also supported for each item. Both the assessment and intervention tools had high Cronbach's alpha's that met the required 0.70 for the entire scale and subscales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both tools and their subscales showed evidence of validity and reliability. Continued research to refine the tools is needed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The tools can be valuable for assessing NP practice regarding spiritual care within relationship-based and patient centered care.
authors.affiliation: Hope College, Holland, Michigan, USA vincensi@hope.edu.
authors.forename: Barbara Baele
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Vincensi
authors.affiliation: Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burkhart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires