title: Psychometric Evaluation of the Service-Learning in Nursing Inventory.
abstract: The aim was to develop an instrument to assess undergraduate nursing students' experience of service-learning to reveal benefits and identify service-learning as a professional value that leads to civic and social responsibility.
  
  
  
  Service-learning is a teaching and learning approach that integrates academic learning with experiential community-centered foci. It provides structured opportunities for reflection on broader social and cultural dimensions of health. There is no valid and reliable instrument to measure service-learning experience of nursing students.
  
  
  
  A psychometric evaluation was conducted through item analysis, validity, and reliability.
  
  
  
  Face validity agreement was 80 percent; the content validity index was adjusted until 1 was achieved for each item. Two factors explained 58.64 percent of the total variance. Cronbach's α was .940 for the skills subscale and .932 for the personal insight subscale.
  
  
  
  The inventory demonstrated strong psychometric properties. Future research should focus on replication on diverse populations.
authors.affiliation: About the Authors Donna M. Nickitas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN, is a professor, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, City University of New York. Gerard M. Fealy, PhD, RGN, is a professor, University College Dublin School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, Ireland. Mary L. De Natale, EdD, RN, CNL, is a professor, University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions, California. For more information, contact Dr. Nickitas atdnickita@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Nickitas
authors.forename: Gerard M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fealy
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: De Natale
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires