Journal article
Development and Psychometric Testing of the Relational Care Scale
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to report the development and testing of the self-report Relational Care Scale (RCS). The RCS was specifically designed to evaluate the relational care that nursing staff provides to residents living in nursing homes. The scale's content validity was assessed with the assistance of experts and related research in the area of nurse-resident interactions, and then the scale was pilot tested with 30 residents of a …
Authors
McGilton KS; Pringle DM; O'Brien-Pallas LL; Wynn F; Streiner D
Journal
Journal of Nursing Measurement, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 51–64
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date
January 2005
DOI
10.1891/jnum.2005.13.1.51
ISSN
1061-3749