Improving Objective Measurement in Nursing Research: Rasch Model Analysis and Diagnostics of the Nursing Students' Clinical Stress Scale.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to use Rasch model diagnostics and analysis to understand survey item (questions) functioning of the Nursing Students' Clinical Stress Scale, a rating scale instrument developed by Whang (2002).


METHODS
A rating scale instrument originally written in Korean was translated into English and administered to a convenience sample of all junior (46) and senior (64) students at a large Midwest university.


CONCLUSIONS
Rasch model analysis provided the empirical evidence to support that the survey items measured the latent variable, stress. Diagnostic results indicated the need for improved category labeling.


CONCLUSIONS
It is imperative that nursing educators evaluate and facilitate inter- and intraprofessional relationships between students and staff/faculty as well as understand the student experience.
Indiana University Kokomo, USA.
Mary
M
Bourke
Linda
L
Wallace
Marlene
M
Greskamp
Lucy
L
Tormoehlen
D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015399:Nursing Research; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult