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<bold>Aim.</bold> To provide an overview of valid and reliable tools focusing on the assessing the quality of nursing work life, and to compare the tools with their psychometric characteristics, and use in clinical nursing practice.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> Licensed databases were used: SCOPUS, Web of Science and ProQuest in January 2022. Key words were: assessing/measuring the quality of nursing work life, quality of nurses working life, instrument, hospital nurses.
<bold>Results.</bold> A total of 129 documents were identified. Based on selection criteria, 25 studies were included to final analysis. The following instruments were used for assessing the quality of nursing work life: Brooks Quality of Nursing Work Life, Quality of Work Life, Work Related Quality of Life scale, Professional Quality of Life scale, and The World Health Organization Quality of Life.
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> The instruments demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties. However, their use in a specific sociocultural environment requires testing their validity and reliability on a representative sample of respondents in this environment.
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Aim. To provide an overview of valid and reliable tools focusing on the assessing the quality of nursing work life, and to compare the tools with their psychometric characteristics, and use in clinical nursing practice.
Material and methods. Licensed databases were used: SCOPUS, Web of Science and ProQuest in January 2022. Key words were: assessing/measuring the quality of nursing work life, quality of nurses working life, instrument, hospital nurses.
Results. A total of 129 documents were identified. Based on selection criteria, 25 studies were included to final analysis. The following instruments were used for assessing the quality of nursing work life: Brooks Quality of Nursing Work Life, Quality of Work Life, Work Related Quality of Life scale, Professional Quality of Life scale, and The World Health Organization Quality of Life.
Conclusions. The instruments demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties. However, their use in a specific sociocultural environment requires testing their validity and reliability on a representative sample of respondents in this environment.

The instruments for evaluation the quality of nursing work life

Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin of the Comenius University in Bratislava

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. To provide an overview of valid and reliable tools focusing on the assessing the quality of nursing work life, and to compare the tools with their...

The instruments for evaluation the quality of nursing work life

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 108 - 114

Received: Oct 18, 2022

Accepted: Mar 03, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0019

Keywords
assessment, quality of nursing work life, nurse, hospital, instrument

© 2023 Katarína Mišovičová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The instruments for evaluation the quality of nursing work life

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 108 - 114

Received: Oct 18, 2022

Accepted: Mar 03, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0019

Keywordsassessment, quality of nursing work life, nurse, hospital, instrument

© 2023 Katarína Mišovičová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
assessment, quality of nursing work life, nurse, hospital, instrument