Professional governance in Finnish nursing - measured by the Index of Professional Nursing Governance.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: Sweden NLM ID: 8804206 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-6712 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02839318 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Scand J Caring Sci

Publication: Stockolm, Sweden : Taylor & Francis
Original Publication: Stockholm, Sweden : Almquist & Wiksell Periodical Co., [1987?-

Cross-Sectional Studies*; Europe ; Finland ; Humans ; Psychometrics ; Reproducibility of Results ; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Aim: To translate and validate the Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) 2.0 and assess the state of professional nursing governance in Finland.
Background: Raising and maintaining quality of care while retaining staff are common problems in healthcare globally. Professional governance is a modern way to tackle them, but a reliable instrument is needed to measure the state of nursing governance in Finland, and elsewhere.
Methods: The IPNG that was translated into Finnish by forward-backward translation, culturally adapted and pilot tested with 20 nurses. A sample of 419 nurses was utilised in a cross-sectional study to assess the state of professional governance in Finland 2018.
Results: Principal component analysis yielded six components with good Cronbach's α values. The results clearly indicate that the IPNG version developed and evaluated in this study has suitable psychometric properties for use in Finnish healthcare settings. The validated IPNG scores indicate that nursing governance in Finland is in the professional governance range. The staff have some input in the governance of Finnish healthcare organisations. However, this perception is strongest among the nurse leaders and experts; other groups do not perceive much change yet.
Conclusion: Participants, particularly nurse leaders in Finland, had self-reported impact in decision-making. The translated IPNG has acceptable internal consistency and can be used to assess healthcare organisations' governance models in Finland and broader in Nordic countries and Europe.
(© 2021 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic College of Caring Science.)

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Keywords: Index of Professional Nursing Governance; cross-sectional survey; nurse; professional governance; questionnaire

Date Created: 20210503 Date Completed: 20220210 Latest Revision: 20220210

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