The Patient-Centredness Multi-Choice Questionnaire: developing an instrument for the measurement of patient-centredness in student nurses.

An earlier paper by the writer reported on the construction and administration of an instrument for the measurement of therapeutic attitudes in student nurses. This paper continues that work by producing a short, appropriate and easily administered test, known as the Patient-Centredness Multi-Choice Questionnaire. The instrument was tested for validity and reliability, and was piloted on a large group of new Project 2000 students from several colleges and institutes of nursing, to produce a database for use in further studies.