The nurse teacher in clinical practice: Developing the new sub-dimension to the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale

Development and psychometric testing of the clinical learning environment, supervision and nurse teacher evaluation scale (CLES+T): The Spanish version

“…In accordance with CLES+T scale validation guidelines (Saarikoski et al, 2008), EFA was firstly used. The model was found to be different from the original version model (Saarikoski Thereby CFA was conducted to compare the two models in terms of fitness of the current study data and to assess factorial association of our model.…”

“…The model was found to be different from the original version model (Saarikoski Thereby CFA was conducted to compare the two models in terms of fitness of the current study data and to assess factorial association of our model. Using maximum likelihood estimates, we tested both models: Model 1 according to our previous EFA results and Model 2 according to the conceptual structure of the original version of the CLES+T (Saarikoski et al, 2008). We followed these criteria for evaluating the goodness-of-fit indexes of the CLES+T scale: the models were assessed using the absolute fit chi-square (χ²/DF ≤ 2 or 3); the incremental fit index (IFI), the comparative fit index (CFI) and the goodness-of-fit index (GFI) with values >·9 indicating acceptable fit, and >·95 indicating good fit (Schreiber et al, 2006).…”

“…The CLES+T scale consists of 34 items classified into 5 sub-dimensions: 1) pedagogical atmosphere on the ward; 2) supervisory relationship; 3) leadership style of the ward manager; 4) premises of nursing on the ward; and 5) role of the nurse teacher in clinical practice (Saarikoski et al, 2008). Items were scored using a 5-point Likert-type scale.…”

“…Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the CLES+T categories ranged from ·77 to ·96 (Saarikoski et al, 2008). The item means varied between 3·14 and 4·37 (on a scale of 1 to 5).…”

“…Such is the case of the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher Evaluation Scale (CLES+T) (Saarikoski et al, 2008), which has been translated into several different languages, and used in different countries. For example, the first time in Finland (Saarikoski et al, 2008), and then in New Zealand (Watson et al, 2014), Germany (Bergjan and Hertel, 2013), Norway (Bos et al, 2012, Henriksen et al, 2012Skaalvik et al, 2011), Holland (De Witte et al, 2011, Sweden (Johansson et al, 2010), Greece (Papastavrou et al, 2010) and Italy (Tomietto et al, 2009). Thus, the development of powerful, multilingual instruments for evaluating the quality of the clinical learning process around the world is essential.…”