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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2004 Feb;42(2 Suppl):II57–II66. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000109126.50398.5a

Nursing Work Index—Revised (NWI-R) Subscale Items

Staffing Adequacy Subscale

  1. Adequate support services allow me to spend time with my patients.

  2. Enough time and opportunity to discuss patient care problems with other nurses.

  3. Enough registered nurses on staff to provide quality patient care.

  4. Enough staff to get the work done.

Administrative Support Subscale

  1. A supervisory staff that is supportive of nurses.

  2. Support for new and innovative ideas about patient care.

  3. A nurse manager who is a good manager and leader.

  4. A nurse manager who backs up the nursing staff in decision-making, even if the conflict is with a physician.

  5. Administration that listens and responds to employee concerns.

Nurse–Physician Relation Subscale

  1. Physicians and nurses have good working relationships.

  2. A lot of teamwork between nurses and physicians.

  3. Collaboration (joint practice) between nurses and physicians.

Note: Response categories: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = somewhat disagree, 3 = somewhat agree, 4 = strongly agree.