title: Validation of the professional practice environment scale in nurse educators in hospitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an assessment of the psychometric properties of the Professional Practice Environment (PPE) scale in a sample of Australian nurse educators in acute care hospitals.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Although nurse educators are important in an enabling work environment, there has been no reported exploration of their satisfaction with work in acute care hospitals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The factor structure and internal consistency of the PPE scale were consistent with Erickson's eight-factor model of the items, indicating the appropriateness of the scale as an assessment tool to measure the PPE of nurse educators.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PPE scale is useful for monitoring the work environment of nurse educators in clinical practice and the environmental effects influencing their recruitment, retention and job satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This work may inform the development of integrated professional practice environments where the professional practice and workplace satisfaction of nurse educators are optimised, influencing safe, quality patient care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Jan Maree
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sayers
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Yenna
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Salamonson
authors.affiliation: University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DiGiacomo
authors.affiliation: University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Patricia Mary
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D017132:Workplace
keywords: instrument development; nurse educator; practice; principal component analysis; psychometric testing; reliability; validity professional practice environment