Developing and refining a new measurement tool

Priest, Johnathan BSc(Hons), MSC, FSS
McColl, Elaine BA(Hons), MSc, FSS
Thomas, Lois RN, BA(Hons), PhD
Bond, Senga RN, PhD, FRCN

Johnathan Priest BSc(Hons), MSC, FSS, is Project Statistician; Elaine McColl BA(Hons), MSc, FSS, is Senior Research Associate; Lois Thomas RN, BA(Hons), PhD, is Research Associate and Project Director; Senga Bond RN, PhD, FRCN, is Director of Nursing Research. All are based at the Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle.

Nurse Researcher 2(4):p 69-81, June 1995.

If we cannot find a test to suit your circumstances, we may have to develop our own.Researchers from the University of Newcastle describe how they developed the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales.