Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Hofling Evaluation
- Hofling used a field study so it has high
ecological validity as it is in the nurses'
natural environment
- There are real life applications
as the findings could be built into
nurse training and used to
improve hospital policy
- Task validity was high because it
was a realistic task- nurses are
ordered to administer medication all
of the time
- It can be repeated and tested for
reliability as it had a standardised
procedure such as the instructions
were given with the same tone of
voice
- The study was not ethical because
nurses did not give their consent to take
part in the research or have the right to
withdraw throughout
- The study was conducted in 1966, so
the first findings may not apply in the
21st Century because doctor-nurse
relationships are different than before
- Rank and Jacobson (1979)
couldnt replicate this in a similar
study which suggests that the
conclusions may be incorrect.