Developing inventory of professional attitude at occupation

Abstract

This research was carried out in order to develop a standard measurement instrument special to culture assessing nurses’s of midwives’s professional attitudes at occupation. A methodological research was conducted to evaluate the validity and reability of the inventory developed exclusively for the culture. The population of the research consisted of nurses (74 persons) and midwives (86 persons) working in State Hospital and Gynecology Birth and Child Diseases Hospital in Ordu province. The data were collected between the dates 1-30 June 2005. The nurses and midwives were informed about the research and their verbal consent was taken. In addition, a written consent was taken from the hospitals. The analysis of data were made via Pearson correlation coefficient analysis, Cronbach Alpha coefficient, Kaise-Mayer-Olkin test, Barlett’s test of sphericity analysis and factor analysis with SPSS 11,5 in computer. A likert-type inventory consisting of 36 items to evaluate the Professional attitude at occupation was developed in the light of literature information. The validity of content-scope was examined to determine the validity of inventory and the number of questions was reduced to 32 items. The validity structure of the inventory was examined and the results of KMO analysis and that of Barlett’s test were found as 0,860 and 807,357 respectively. Both the test results were found significant at the level of importance p=0,000. A factory analysis and total item point correlation was applied to the inventory wasn’t altered 32 item-number. Internal consistency and re-test application were carried out to determine the validity of the inventory. Cronbach Alpha coefficient was of found to be ?=0,89 and re-test correlation coefficient was found to be r =0,97.

As a result in the research that the validity and reability of Inventory of Professional Attitude at Occupation were high and that it was an efficient instrument of measurement to determine nurses’ and midwives’ professional attitude at occupation.