Hefferin E A, Kleinknecht M K
Nurs Res. 1986 Jan-Feb;35(1):44-8.
The Nursing Career Preference Inventory (NCPI) was developed to assist nurses in determining which of the four primary nursing practice areas--clinical, administration, research, or education--are most reflective of their personal work activity interests or preferences, and which of 14 customary hospital nursing role positions most often encompass the preferred work activity patterns. This report describes NCPI development and the reliability and validity of the instrument for VA and non-VA hospital nurse reference groups. Correlations between work activity responses of VA and non-VA nurses in the same positions ranged from .71 to .96, and alpha reliability coefficients for the four practice and activity item subsets ranged from .86 to .93 for the two nurse populations. Although additional work is needed to explore item consistency over time, the NCPI can be a useful tool in career development programs that are designed to assist nurses toward selecting nursing role positions and building career plans that reflect their own personal talents and interests.
护理职业偏好量表（NCPI）的开发旨在帮助护士确定四个主要护理实践领域——临床、管理、研究或教育——中哪个最能反映他们个人的工作活动兴趣或偏好，以及14个常见的医院护理角色岗位中哪些最常包含首选的工作活动模式。本报告描述了NCPI的开发过程以及该工具对退伍军人事务部（VA）和非VA医院护士参考群体的信度和效度。同一岗位上VA护士和非VA护士工作活动反应之间的相关性在0.71至0.96之间，两个护士群体的四个实践和活动项目子集的阿尔法信度系数在0.86至0.93之间。尽管还需要进一步开展工作来探索项目随时间的一致性，但NCPI可以成为职业发展项目中的一个有用工具，这些项目旨在帮助护士选择护理角色岗位并制定反映自身个人才能和兴趣的职业规划。
