Abstract: Objective: To translate Workforce Agility Scale into Chinese and test its reliability and validity among clinical nurses, aiming to provide an effective tool for the assessment of workforce agility among clinical nurses in China. Methods: The Chinese version of the Workforce Agility Scale was formed through translation, back translation, cultural adaptation and pilot-testing. From November 2024 to January 2025, 824 clinical nurses from 7 hospitals in Tianjin and Qingdao were conveniently selected for reliability and validity testing. Results: The Chinese version of the Workforce Agility Scale contained 36 items in 3 dimensions. The cumulative variance contribution rate of the three common factors was 65.203%. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fit well. The scale-level content validity index was 0.944, and the item-level content validity index ranged from 0.900 to 1.000. The Cronbach's α coefficient of the total scale was 0.898, the test-retest reliability was 0.924, and the split-half reliability was 0.826. Conclusion: The Chinese version of the Workforce Agility Scale has good reliability and validity among clinical nurses. It can be used to evaluate the workforce agility of clinical nurses in China.

Key words: nurse; workforce agility; scale; reliability; validity