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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 1233-1237Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.07.009
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nurse education; nurse teacher; clinical placements; instrument development
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Background: Building on previous work undertaken in developing the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale this report outlines the development of a new sub-dimension to the CLES scale. Objectives: The aim was to develop an additional sub-scale to the CLES scale for measuring the quality of nurse teacher's co-operation with the crucial actors in the clinical practice of student nurses. Design, setting and methods: The original CLES scale and the subsequent CLES + T scale have been validated in two different empirical studies (N = 416 and 549). Construct validity of the instrument was assessed with explorative factor analysis (EFA) and principal components analysis (PCA). Results: The structure of the CLES+T scales factor model followed theoretical presumptions and the factors' eigenvalues and explanation percentages (64%) were sufficient. Conclusions: A validated evaluation tool-the CLES + T scale-can be used as a part of the total quality assessment of nurse education perceived by student nurses in Finland. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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