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- Title
Nursing Subunit Technology: A Replication.
- Authors
Leatt, Peggy; Schneck, Rodney
- Abstract
Overton, Schneck, and Hazlett's (1977) measurement of nursing subunit technology was replicated using 157 subunits of 9 types located in 24 hospitals in Alberta. A 21-item questionnaire was given to nurses, and the answers were subjected to factor analyses. Results indicated three dimensions of technology: instability, uncertainty, and variability. Because of the similarity of these variables to those in the Overton, Schneck, and Hazlett study, the results suggested a high degree of construct validity for the measure. The technological dimensions also differentiated among the types of subunits in the same pattern as in the original study. A relatively quick method of obtaining measures of instability, uncertainty, and variability by using composite scores was tested and found reliable.
- Subjects
ALBERTA; NURSING; HOSPITAL electric equipment; FACTOR analysis; MATHEMATICAL variables; TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Administrative Science Quarterly, 1981, Vol 26, Issue 2, p225
- ISSN
0001-8392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2392470