Measuring Nurses ’ Value, Implementation, and Knowledge of Evidence‐Based Practice: Further Psychometric Testing of the Quick‐EBP‐VIK Survey

ABSTRACT BackgroundThe Quick‐EBP‐VIK is a new instrument for measuring nurses’ value, implementation, and knowledge of EBP. Psychometric testing was conducted in two parts. Part 1 describes the tool development and validity testing which resulted in the development of a 25‐item survey after receiving ≥0.80 Item‐Level Content Validity Index for both clarity and relevance. Part 2 describes psychometric testing was necessary to assess additional types of validity and reliability. AimThe purpose of this paper is to further describe the psychometric testing of the Quick‐EBP‐VIK survey instrument. MethodsThis descriptive study was designed to assess test–retest reliability, internal consistency and construct validity via a web‐based survey. The survey instrument was e‐mailed to all nurses at the study hospital. Nurses who responded to the first survey (Wave 1) received another e‐mail invitation to complete the survey instrument again (Wave 2) for the purpose of assessing the test–retest reliability of the instrument. ResultsA total of 1,177 deliverable e‐mails were sent to all nursing staff at one free standing pediatric hospital with Magnet® designation in the northeast. A total of 382 nurses returned completed surveys, indicating a 32.5% response rate for Wave 1. A total of 131 nurses responded to Wave 2 indicating a response rate of 34.3%. The intraclass correlation coefficients for the items included in the final instrument ranged from 0.43 to 0.80 ...
Source: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research