PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a tool to measure job stress related to occupational characteristics of infection control nurses.
METHODS
The tool was developed through the steps of literature reviews, preparatory questions, and a test of validity and confidence. The participants were 212 infection control nurses from 145 Korean hospitals. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha coefficients, item analysis, factor analysis.
RESULTS
Through factor analysis, 38 items in four domains and nine factors were derived. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the final instrument was .95.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study indicate that the measurement tool is reliable and valid to measure the job stress of infection control nurses.

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