Finding, Selecting, and Evaluating Instruments to Support Decision Making

Reliability and Validity (Part Three of Three)

Windle, Pamela E. MS, RN, CNA, BC, CPAN, CAPA
Throckmorton, Terry PhD, RN

Pamela E. Windle, MS, RN, CNA, BC, CPAN, CAPA, is the Nurse Manager in the Day Surgery Center, PACU, and Surgical Observation Unit at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX; and Terry Throckmorton, PhD, RN, is Associate Chief of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

Address correspondence to Pamela E. Windle, MS, RN, CNA, BC, CPAN, CAPA, Postanesthesia Care Unit and Surgical Observation Unit, St Luke's Episcopal Hospital, 5421 Valerie St, Bellaire, TX 77401; e-mail address: [email protected].

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing 23(1):p 60-62, February 2008.

THIS IS PART THREE of a series that has focused on finding, selecting, and evaluating instruments for their appropriateness for use in certain research projects. In the last of this three-part series, the focus is on the validity and reliability of instruments.