Nursing Students' Perceptions of Clinical Teachers' Use of Empowering Teaching Behaviours: Instrument Psychometrics and Application

Authors

Yolanda Babenko-Mould, Western University
Carrolll L. Iwasiw, Western University
Mary-Anne Andrusyszyn, Western University
Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Western University
Wayne Weston, Western University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2012

Journal

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volume

9

Issue

1

URL with Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/1548-923X.2245

Abstract

The authors present findings of 2nd year nursing students’ (N = 352) perceptions of their clinical teachers’ use of empowering teaching behaviours (ETB) and to highlight steps undertaken to establish psychometric properties of the Empowering Teaching Behaviours Questionnaire – Student (ETBQ-S). The authors identify a) the process involved in the adoption of the ETBQ-S, b) ETBQ-S validity procedures completed prior to instrument implementation, c) results of nursing students’ responses to the ETBQ-S, d) criterion validity, and e) ETBQ-S confirmatory factor analysis findings conducted after study completion. The ETBQ-S reliably measures five facets of empowering actions that clinical teachers can employ with nursing students in practice to enhance their confidence, involve them in decision-making and goal setting, make learning meaningful, and help them to become more autonomous nurses.