Testing Content Validity of Nursing Stress Scales: Do They Reflect Current Practice?

Abstract

Nurses are subject to considerable stress, arising from the physical, psychological, and social aspects of their work. Widely used nursing occupational stress measures were developed decades ago and may not adequately capture contemporary sources of stress. The study purpose was to evaluate the content validity of items from existing measures and newly developed items to identify a nursing stress scale that can be used to measure occupational stress in current practice. A three-phase approach for development and evaluation of occupational stress items was conducted. Phase 1: item generation; Phase 2: ( N = 11) content expert evaluation of content validity of occupational stress items; Phase 3: subsample ( n = 4) of experts reviewing select items. The total item pool was reduced from 73 to 66 items. Expert reviews indicated acceptable content validity of the Revised Nursing Stress Scale. The Revised Nursing Stress Scale is an updated measure of occupational stress in contemporary nursing practice.

Evaluation of Multisensory Interactions Between the Healing Built Environment and Nurses in Healthcare Nursing Stations: Case Study of Tehran Hospitals

“…This encompasses continuous occupational and health risks having harmful consequences at the individual and organizational scales. For example, stress at the individual level can endanger the health of nurses and be exhibited as physical and/or psychological symptoms (Pavek et al, 2022). Consequently, nursing stress is more hazardous than other job-related types of stress because, in addition to the physical and psychological damage to the nurse, it can affect the recovery process and treatment of patients under their supervision as well as their relationship with the patient’s companions and other staff members and generally overshadow the entire healthcare system.…”