Paper
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
This presentation is part of : Nursing Research Methods and Models
Factor Validity of a Power Assessment Instrument
Christina Leibold Sieloff, PhD, RN, CNA, BC, College of Nursing, Montana State University - Bozeman, Billings, MT, USA and Karen Dunn, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.
Learning Objective #1: Examine the relationships between theoretical concepts of group power and hypothesized assessment items.
Learning Objective #2: Explore future collaborative research opportunities for this assessment instrument.
Historically, nursing groups have demonstrated a lack of power.  However, it has been identified that, for nursing groups to achieve their goals, they must have power.  Hence, to provide quality patient care, a routine goal of nurses within health care organizations should be to report a significant level of group power. The Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Power within Organizations was developed to measure the level of power within nursing departments. This assessment instrument was revised and psychometrically tested and found to have acceptable reliability and validity. However, this instrument had not been validated through analytical modeling. This presentation will describe the factorial validity of the, Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Power within Organizations using a first order confirmatory factor analysis model and identify how the instrument may be used in collaborative efforts both within nursing and the health care community. This paper presentation will enable individuals to:  a) examine the relationships between theoretical concepts of group power and hypothesized assessment items; and b) explore future collaborative research opportunities for this assessment instrument.

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