Nurse Intent to Stay (McCain)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.893 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of nurses' intention to stay in the nursing profession and current employer. Used widely in nursing-workforce research.
Sample item(s)
“I plan to remain in nursing for the foreseeable future”
“I plan to remain at my current hospital”
“Even if I were offered a job in another field, I would stay in nursing”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.89. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Standard nursing-retention measure.
Source & citation
McCain, B. E. (1987): A factor analytic study of the dimensions of intent to leave or stay in nursing. Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 51–62.
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