Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study was to translate the Nursing Workplace Satisfaction Questionnaire (NWSQ) into Chinese, and test its reliability and validity among clinical nurses. Methods: A total of 412 nurses from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning province participated in the study. The NWSQ was first translated into Chinese, and went through back translation and culture adaptation, before it was admitted among Chinese nurses between September and October, 2019. Results: The Content Validity Index (CVI) of the Chinese version of the NWSQ was shown at 0.948. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) indicated three factors, and they explained 74.851% of the total variances on workplace satisfaction among nurses. The Cronbach's α of the NWSQ Chinese version was 0.950; the split-half reliability Guttman coefficient was 0.819, with the test-retest reliability being 0.896 in the current study. Conclusion: The NWSQ Chinese version included 16 items, it demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity in assessing workplace satisfaction among nurses in China.

Key words: nurses; workplace satisfaction; psychometric properties; reliability; validity