Development of a scale to assess student nurses' views of the professional nursing role

Abstract

A sample of 488 nursing students and 94 instructors rated the importance of each of 112 behaviors common to practicing nurses. A final scale was developed consisting of 60 items on which students shifted toward faculty views as class rank increased. Reliability computed for a cross-validation group was r = .89. Significant gains in student scores occurred as class rank increased, indicating that students adopt faculty professional views in direct relation to length of training. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)