Nurses' Attitudes Regarding Family-Centered Care: Psychometric Properties and Survey Findings

Jolanda M. Maaskant; Isolde M. E. van Wessel; Annamarike S. Seller-Boersma; Irene Jongerden; Frederique Paulus; Anne M. Eskes

doi:https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-D-21-00024

Nurses' Attitudes Regarding Family-Centered Care: Psychometric Properties and Survey Findings

Jolanda M. Maaskant, Isolde M. E. van Wessel, Annamarike S. Seller-Boersma, Irene Jongerden, Frederique Paulus, Anne M. Eskes

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Background and Purpose: Measuring the attitude of nurses toward the importance of involving families in nursing care is essential to implement family-centered care. We aim to examine the reliability and factor structure of the Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes questionnaire (FINC-NA-R). Methods: The psychometric properties of the FINC-NA-R were tested and the Dutch-revised version was used to assess the attitude of the nurses. Results: Principal component analysis confirmed a four-factor structure and the removal of four items achieved strong evidence of structural validity and internal consistency. Conclusions: The Dutch FINC-NA-R appeared to be a valid instrument to measure the attitude of nurses toward family-centered care.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	733-747
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of nursing measurement
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1891/JNM-D-21-00024
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022

Keywords

attitude
family-centered care
nursing
professional-family relations
psychometrics
survey

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