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Development of Nursing Workplace Spirituality Instrument: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Jung Won Suk1, Myung Suk Koh2
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2016;22(1):99-108.
Published online: January 31, 2016

1Department of Nursing, Sahmyook Health University College, Korea.

2Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Koh, Myung Suk. Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, 815 Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01795, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3399-1586, Fax: +82-2-3399-1594, kohms@syu.ac.kr
• Received: October 8, 2015   • Revised: December 24, 2015   • Accepted: January 21, 2015

Copyright © 2016 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to develop a nursing workplace spirituality instrument.
  • Methods
    Using 44 preliminary items which were developed in a former study, a survey was done with 469 nurses working in 2 city general hospitals. Data were collected from September 19 to October 10, 2014 and were analyzed using statistical packages SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0.
  • Results
    The finalized Nursing Workplace Spirituality instrument consisted of 32 items and 6 sub factors: meaning of nursing, relationship with colleagues, transcendency through nursing service, inner self, interaction between the workplace environments, and harmony between individual and organization. A seven-point Likert scale was employed, and achieving a higher score in a particular factor and sum of all scores indicated high factor and Nursing Workplace Spirituality.
  • Conclusion
    Findings indicate that with this instrument, it is possible to understand nursing organization's workplace spirituality. Therefore this instrument is recommended for use in hospitals.
  • Key Words: Nurses; Spirituality; Workplace

This article is based on a part of the first author's doctoral dissertation from Samhyook University.

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Table 1

The Fit Indices of the Model

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RMSEA=Root mean square error of approximation; NFI=Normed fit index; IFI=Incremental fit index; TLI=Tucker-lewis index; CFI=Comparative fit index.

Table 2

The Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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FL=Factor loading.

Table 3

Correlations among the factors

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*AVE's square root.

Table 4

The Cronbach'α of the NWS

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NWS=Nursing workplace spirituality.

Table 5

Nursing Workplace Spirituality Instrument and Its' means

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NWS=Nursing workplace spirituality.

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    Development of Nursing Workplace Spirituality Instrument: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

    The Fit Indices of the Model

    RMSEA=Root mean square error of approximation; NFI=Normed fit index; IFI=Incremental fit index; TLI=Tucker-lewis index; CFI=Comparative fit index.

    The Confirmatory Factor Analysis

    FL=Factor loading.

    Correlations among the factors

    *AVE's square root.

    The Cronbach'α of the NWS

    NWS=Nursing workplace spirituality.

    Nursing Workplace Spirituality Instrument and Its' means

    NWS=Nursing workplace spirituality.
    Table 1 The Fit Indices of the Model

    RMSEA=Root mean square error of approximation; NFI=Normed fit index; IFI=Incremental fit index; TLI=Tucker-lewis index; CFI=Comparative fit index.

    Table 2 The Confirmatory Factor Analysis

    FL=Factor loading.

    Table 3 Correlations among the factors

    *AVE's square root.

    Table 4 The Cronbach'α of the NWS

    NWS=Nursing workplace spirituality.

    Table 5 Nursing Workplace Spirituality Instrument and Its' means

    NWS=Nursing workplace spirituality.

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    Table 2

    Table 3

    Table 4

    Table 5

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