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Posted: | Hilary Barnes, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Jonathan D. Rubright

Research in Nursing & Health: Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 127-135

 

As interest in supporting new nurse practitioners' (NPs) transition to practice increases, those interested in measuring the concept will need an instrument with evidence of reliability and validity. The Novice NP Role Transition (NNPRT) Scale is the first instrument to measure the concept. Using a cross-sectional design and data from 210 novice NPs, the purpose of this study was to confirm the NNPRT Scale's internal factor structure via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

Posted: | Hilary Barnes, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Jonathan D. Rubright

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: January 2022 - Volume 34 - Issue 1 - p 78-88

The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the initial factor structure of a novel instrument that measures NNPRT.

Posted: | K. Short, S. D. Bucak, F. Rosenthal, M. R. Raymond

Academic Medicine: May 2018 - Volume 93 - Issue 5 - p 781-785

 

In 2007, the United States Medical Licensing Examination embedded multimedia simulations of heart sounds into multiple-choice questions. This study investigated changes in item difficulty as determined by examinee performance over time. The data reflect outcomes obtained following initial use of multimedia items from 2007 through 2012, after which an interface change occurred.