{"id":7784,"date":"2025-06-28T22:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/developing-a-tool-to-measure-magnetism-in-australian-nursing-environments\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:04:42","slug":"developing-a-tool-to-measure-magnetism-in-australian-nursing-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/developing-a-tool-to-measure-magnetism-in-australian-nursing-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a tool to measure \u2018magnetism\u2019 in Australian nursing environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Developing a tool to measure \u2018magnetism\u2019 in Australian nursing environments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/view\/1860' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/download\/1860\/572' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>This paper describes the development of an Australia\u2011specific instrument that provides a valid and reliable measure of magnet features in Australian health facilities and is a key development in theongoing application of the magnet concept in Australia.<br \/>\nThe magnet hospital concept, developed in the United States of America (USA) in the early eighties, identified characteristics successful in attracting and retaining nursing staff. The nursing profession in Australia is currently focused on issues of recruitment and retention; therefore it is relevant and timely to consider the significance of the magnet concept to Australian health facilities.<br \/>\nThe project was undertaken in two stages: one using focus groups to revise the tool for use in Australia; and a second, using a questionnaire to test the reliability, validity and usability, of this revised tool, in a sample of Australian hospitals.<br \/>\nThe focus groups identified three main issues requiring modification to the existing tool namely: language; contextual meaning; and, presentation. The data from the questionnaire shows that the analysis of the&nbsp;Australian version of the magnet measurement tool retained acceptable levels of internal consistency.<br \/>\nThe results of the pilot indicate that respondents were clearly positive in their responses related to the three subscales of: \u2018quality of care\u2019; \u2018management, leader and support\u2019; and \u2018nurse\u2011physician relationships\u2019;while \u2018nurse participation\u2019 and \u2018staff and resources\u2019 subscales were rated less positively by the respondents.<br \/>\nThis means the tool is appropriate to use in an Australian context and is able to produce specific and reliable data on magnet features in Australian health facilities. The significance of this research is that itinforms the promotion of organisational change that has been shown to facilitate nursing staff retention and positive health outcomes in Australia.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Joanne Joyce<\/li>\n<li>Patrick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>nurses roles, organisational development, magnet hospitals, Australian NWI-R tool (NWI-R:A), nurse retention<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Developing a tool to measure \u2018magnetism\u2019 in Australian nursing environments Original Article Link: Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[5173,4758,4008,5171,5172],"class_list":["post-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-australian-nwi-r-tool-nwi-ra","tag-magnet-hospitals","tag-nurse-retention","tag-nurses-roles","tag-organisational-development","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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