Background and purpose: Nursing education programs have responsibilities to their stakeholders to prepare graduates who can provide safe, effective patient centered care while leading health care changes. Empowered nurses have been associated with low nurse turnover and higher patient satisfaction; however, less is currently known about group empowerment in nursing education. In order to examine group empowerment in schools of nursing, the Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Empowerment in Organizations (SKAGEO©) was adapted and tested for content validity and confirmatory factor analysis.
Methods/results: The adapted instrument, the Sieloff-King-Friend Assessment of Group Empowerment within Educational Organizations (SKFAGEEO) was first reviewed by nurse experts who provided quantitative and qualitative data regarding each item. A total of 320 nurse deans and faculty comprised the final sample for the second order confirmatory 8 factor analysis. Findings revealed factor loadings ranging from .455 to .960.The overall fit of the propose model was Chi Square=1383. 24, df=566, p<.001; GFI=.786, RMSEA=0.69.
Conclusions: The study results indicated that the SKFAGEEO has acceptable psychometric properties.
Keywords: Factor analysis; King's conceptual systems framework; Nursing faculty group empowerment; Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Empowerment within Organizations; Validity.
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