The Just Culture Assessment Tool is a valid and reliable instrument developed to measure just culture within nursing academia. This 27-item, Likert scale instrument measures 6 concepts reflective of just culture; Feedback and Communication About Events, Openness and Communication, Fairness/ Balance, Quality of the Safety Related Reporting Event, Continuous Improvement Process, and Fair Reporting.
Publication describing the development and validation of the JCAT-NE
Nurse Educator, 44(5), 261-264. Free download:
» Development and Validation of the Just Culture Assessment Tool for Nursing Education
» Download the JCAT-NE Instrument (PDF)
Walker, D., Altmiller, G., Barkell, N., Hromodik, L., Toothaker, R. (2019). Development
and validation of the just culture assessment tool for nursing education (JCAT-NE).
Nurse Educator, 44(5), 261-264.
Walker, D., Hromodik, L., Altmiller, G., Barkell, N., & Toothaker, R. (2021). Exploratory factor analysis of the just culture assessment tool for nursing education. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26(1-2), 49-59.
Publication Describing nursing students’ perceptions of just culture in nursing education
Nurse Educator, 45(3), 133-138. Free download:
» Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Just Culture in Nursing Programs: A Multisite Study
Walker, D., Altmiller, G., Hromadik, l., Barkell, N., Barker, N., Boyd, T… Wallace, S.
(2020). Nursing students’ perception of just culture within nursing programs: A
multisite study. Nurse Educator, 45(3), 133-138. Link to Publication in Nurse Educator