OBJECTIVE: Testing the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. METHOD: A descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study, for the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the psychometric properties of the scale. The study participants were 236 nurses from two hospitals in the regions of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo. RESULTS: The 0.92 Cronbach's alpha was obtained for overall reliability and support of a five-dimension structure. CONCLUSION: The excellent quality of adjustment of analysis confirms the validity of the adapted version to hospital care settings, although there was no total coincidence of items in the five dimensions
OBJECTIVE: Testing the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. METHOD: A descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study, for the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the psychometric properties of the scale. The study participants were 236 nurses from two hospitals in the regions of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo. RESULTS: The 0.92 Cronbach's alpha was obtained for overall reliability and support of a five-dimension structure. CONCLUSION: The excellent quality of adjustment of analysis confirms the validity of the adapted version to hospital care settings, although there was no total coincidence of items in the five dimensions