Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) is a survey based measure of the nursing practice environment completed by staff registered nurses; includes mean scores on index subscales and a composite mean of all subscale scores.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Continuous Variable Statement: For surveys completed by Registered Nurses (RN):
12a) Mean score on a composite of all subscale scores
12b) Mean score on Nurse Participation in Hospital Affairs (survey item numbers 5, 6, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 28)
12c) Mean score on Nursing Foundations for Quality of Care (survey item numbers 4, 14, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31)
12d) Mean score on Nurse Manager Ability, Leadership, and Support of Nurses (survey item numbers 3, 7, 10, 13, 20)
12e) Mean score on Staffing and Resource Adequacy (survey item numbers 1, 8, 9, 12)
12f) Mean score on Collegial Nurse-Physician Relations (survey item numbers 2, 16, 24)
12g) Three category variable indicating favorable, mixed, or unfavorable practice environments: favorable = four or more subscale means exceed 2.5; mixed = two or three subscale means exceed 2.5; unfavorable = zero or one subscales exceed 2.5.
Denominator
Staff RNs
Exclusions
Not applicable
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