Adaptation of The Nursing Decision Making Instrument to Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

Aim: The study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the Nurse Decision-Making Instrument. Method: The data of the methodological study was obtained from 215 nurses working in two public hospitals in Bolu. The psycholinguistic and psychometric properties of the Decision-Making Instrument were examined in the study. Results: Goodness-of-fit index results of confirmatory factor analysis did not confirm the previously assumed four-factor model in the sample. As a result of the Explanatory Factor Analysis, since some items were not included in their factor group, the scale was accepted as one-dimensional. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was.97. Conclusion: The Turkish Nurse Decision-Making Instrument can be used as an assessment tool that reflects the decision-making processes of nurses.

Keywords

• clinical judgment
• decision-making
• nurse
• validity
• reliability