Clinical trial NCT00196014: Individual Workload Perception Scale - Revised (IWPS-R)
Official title: Evaluation of a Tool to Measure a Nurse's Individual Perception of Workload
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Registered Nurses
Workload
Clinical staff nurses that are currently working
Lead sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2005-09-20
Enrollment: 12000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: LPNS and Registered Nurses

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to validate the psychometrics of the Individual Workload Perception Scale (IWPS).

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to validate the psychometrics of the Individual Workload Perception Scale (IWPS) designed to measure the perception of individual workloads of inpatient registered nurses.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Nurses

Primary outcomes:
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
state: Missouri
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
name: Karen S Cox, RN, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Cox KS, Anderson SC, Teasley SL, Sexton KA, Carroll CA. Nurses' work environment perceptions when employed in states with and without mandatory staffing ratios and/or mandatory staffing plans. Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2005 Aug;6(3):191-7. doi: 10.1177/1527154405279091.
citation: Lacey SR, Teasley SL, Henion JS, Cox KS, Bonura A, Brown J. Enhancing the work environment of staff nurses using targeted interventions of support. J Nurs Adm. 2008 Jul-Aug;38(7-8):336-40. doi: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000323942.04888.36.
citation: Lacey SR, Teasley SL, Cox KS. Differences between pediatric registered nurses' perception of organizational support, intent to stay, workload, and overall satisfaction, and years employed as a nurse in magnet and non-magnet pediatric hospitals: implications for administrators. Nurs Adm Q. 2009 Jan-Mar;33(1):6-13. doi: 10.1097/01.NAQ.0000343342.24925.0c.
citation: Cox KS, Teasley SL, Zeller RA, Lacey SR, Parsons L, Carroll CA, Ward-Smith P. Know staff's "intent to stay". Nurs Manage. 2006 Jan;37(1):13-5. doi: 10.1097/00006247-200601000-00004. No abstract available.
citation: Cox KS, Teasley SL, Lacey SR, Carroll CA, Sexton KA. Work environment perceptions of pediatric nurses. J Pediatr Nurs. 2007 Feb;22(1):9-14. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2006.05.005.
citation: Teasley SL, Sexton KA, Carroll CA, Cox KS, Riley M, Ferriell K. Improving work environment perceptions for nurses employed in a rural setting. J Rural Health. 2007 Spring;23(2):179-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00087.x.
citation: Lacey SR, Cox KS, Lorfing KC, Teasley SL, Carroll CA, Sexton K. Nursing support, workload, and intent to stay in Magnet, Magnet-aspiring, and non-Magnet hospitals. J Nurs Adm. 2007 Apr;37(4):199-205. doi: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000266839.61931.b6.
citation: Sexton KA, Hunt CE, Cox KS, Teasley SL, Carroll CA. Differentiating the workplace needs of nurses by academic preparation and years in nursing. J Prof Nurs. 2008 Mar-Apr;24(2):105-8. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.06.021.