The items included
are subject to three nurse-centred conditions: “This is
important to my job satisfaction”; “This is important to my
being able to give quality patient care”; and “This factor is
present in my current job situation”. The NWI uses a 4-point
Likert scale; responses range from strongly agree (4 points)
to strongly disagree (1 point), where higher scores indicate
more significant traits of magnet hospitals. The content validity
of the scale was not tested by statistical methods, but
was recognised by three out of four experts on research of
magnet hospitals.