title: Validation of the Practice Environment Scale to the Brazilian culture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate the Brazilian version of the Practice Environment Scale.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Practice Environment Scale is a tool that evaluates the presence of characteristics that are favourable for professional nursing practice because a better work environment contributes to positive results for patients, professionals and institutions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Methodological study including 209 nurses. Validity was assessed via a confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modelling, in which the correlations between the instrument and the following variables were tested: burnout, job satisfaction, safety climate, perception of quality of care and intention to leave the job. Subgroups were compared and the reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and the composite reliability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Factor analysis resulted in exclusion of seven items. Significant correlations were obtained between the subscales and all variables in the study. The reliability was considered acceptable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Brazilian version of the Practice Environment Scale is a valid and reliable tool used to assess the characteristics that promote professional nursing practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of this tool in Brazilian culture should allow managers to implement changes that contribute to the achievement of better results, in addition to identifying and comparing the environments of health institutions.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata C
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8729-4707
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Gasparino
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edinêis de B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0457-2850
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Guirardello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: job burnout; nursing; patient safety; professional practice; validation studies