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Reliability And Validity Measurement Issues: Nothing New To Clinical Nurse Specialists; But Liability Issues Too?, Ann Mayo Rn, Dnsc, Faan
Reliability And Validity Measurement Issues: Nothing New To Clinical Nurse Specialists; But Liability Issues Too?, Ann Mayo Rn, Dnsc, Faan
School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship
Reliability and validity measurement issues are nothing new to clinical nurse specialists (CNS). Over the years, this journal has published a plethora of articles addressing measurement, and as students, CNSs were educated programs about the importance of reliability and validity as applied to instrument selection, usage and interpretation of scores. As a result, healthcare organizations know that their CNSs are the go-to professionals when a process or outcome needs to be measured. A recent announcement from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Clinic and Institute demonstrated the importance of liability as a third element to be considered when selecting and using …
Psychometric Instrumentation: Reliability And Validity Of Instruments Used For Clinical Practice, Evidence-Based Practice Projects And Research Studies, Ann Mayo Rn, Dnsc, Faan
Psychometric Instrumentation: Reliability And Validity Of Instruments Used For Clinical Practice, Evidence-Based Practice Projects And Research Studies, Ann Mayo Rn, Dnsc, Faan
School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship
Clinical Nurse Specialists and other advanced practice nurses (APNs) are relied upon for their expert data based decision-making to ensure excellent clinical practice, high quality evidence-based practice projects, and efficacious research studies. Using measurement instruments to collect data that lack reliability and validity can compromise decisionmaking leading to deleterious results for patients, nurses, and healthcare organizations. The ultimate goal is to choose reliable instruments that produce valid data so that clinical trends, project evaluations, and research findings are trustworthy. Determining the quality of a given instruments is most often done through a critique process. Critiquing potential instruments for use is …