Preliminary Psychometric Analysis of the Modified Perceived Value of Certification Tool for the Nurse Educator.

NURSE educators; STATISTICAL correlation; INTERNET; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING school faculty; PROFESSIONAL employee training; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; CERTIFICATION; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; COLLEGE teacher attitudes; WORK experience (Employment); DESCRIPTIVE statistics

AIM The purpose of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the Perceived Value of Certification Tool© with a focus on nurse educator certification (PVCT-NE) in a sample of nurse educators. BACKGROUND Greater understanding of faculty perceptions of certification is necessary to facilitate a strong cadre of nursing faculty; however, research around nurse educator certification is limited by a lack of reliable and valid instruments to measure such perceptions. METHOD Twenty-four nursing faculty from one university participated in the psychometric study, which involved completion of the PVCT-NE in a web-based survey format. RESULTS Internal consistency reliability was excellent. Cronbach's alpha for the total PVCT-NE was .94 (.93 for the intrinsic subscale and .86 for the extrinsic subscale). A content validity index of .95 was obtained. CONCLUSION There is preliminary evidence that the PVCT-NE is a reliable and valid instrument to measure perceived value of certification in nurse educators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]