Abstract:

In this study, adaptation to Turkish and analysis of its reliability and validity of the book “Nursing Professional Commitment Scale” . Methods: Type of research is methodologically and it was conducted between April-June 2009. Original form of the scale is responded with quaternary Likert type structure that has 26 article and three subscales (desire to effort, maintain to professional membership, devotion to the goals and values). Data of the research is collected from 266 nurses. Results: Assessment of the validity of the scale is performed by validity of content. Three factors were obtained as in the original scale that revealed % 47.61 of total variance, as the result of the exploratory factor analysis that is performed for validity of structure – context of scale. KMO sample coefficient of concordance is found as .88, Barlett Sphericity test χ2 value is calculated as 2956.34 (p< .000) at the performing of suitability of data for factor analysis. Reliability level of the scale is assessed by internal consistency and item analysis. While the calculated Cronbach Alpha factor for the total scale is .90; calculated Cronbach Alpha factors for subscales are, .88 for “desire to effort”, .77 for maintain to professional membership, .67 for devotion to the goals and values. Conclusion: It’s determined that, Nursing Professional Commitment Scale which has the same subscales with the original one could be use and has acceptable level of validity and reliability.

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