Access Casey-Fink Surveys

Please click the purple button under the survey you wish to use and complete the registration form. Once your registration is submitted, you will have access to the survey.  Please email us if you plan to translate the survey to another language.

Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey© 2006

  • Originally developed in 1999 to examine perceptions of graduate nurse role transition experiences during the first year of professional practice

  • Validated in 2004 by graduate nurses participating in the University Health System Consortium/AACN Post Baccalaureate Residency program

  • Revised in 2006 to measure 5 factors: Support, Organize/Prioritize Care, Stress, Communication/Leadership, and Professional Satisfaction

Casey-Fink Readiness for Practice Survey© 2008

  • Originally developed in 2008 to examine student’s perceptions of readiness for professional practice

  • Measures 4 factors: Clinical Problem-Solving, Professional Identity, Trials and Tribulations, and Learning Techniques

  • Measures comfort with clinical skill performance and confidence in managing multiple patient assignments

Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey© 2023

The Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey© 2023 is now available!

New features include:

  • Measurement of 8 factors (sub-scales): Role Confidence, Manage Patient Care, Support, Role Satisfaction, Stress/Burnout, Resilience, Organizational Commitment, and Preceptorship.

  • Learning Needs Assessment: Measures confidence in performing nursing skills (skills listed can be changed to meet study or population needs)

  • Demographic section: Questions can be modified or deleted, as needed.

  • We suggest data collection occurs within 6 weeks of the start of program, mid-point of the program, and end of the program. Data collected can be used to measure changes in factor scores over time.

  • Survey items can be entered into any electronic survey platform.

  • We are exploring a data repository to provide benchmarking on the new factors. Please contact us if you can share your de-identified data.

  • Please note:  A single question cannot be used on its own to score an outcome measure. Multiple questions are used to assess various attributes of the concept being measured.

Casey-Fink Nurse Retention Survey© 2009

  • Originally developed in 2008 to examine factors affecting retention of registered nurses with one or more years of clinical experience

  • Revised in 2009

  • Measures 4 factors: Recognition/Rewards, Professional Nursing Role, Mentorship, Scheduling Flexibility

  • Asks questions on professional development and how respondents receive praise and recognition for a job well done

How to use our surveys

You have our permission to use the Casey-Fink Surveys© free of cost. 

Individuals are required to register for access to each survey instrument, psychometrics (reliability/validity), and scoring instructions. By registering, your information (name, title, institution where the survey is used, contact information, and purpose for use of the survey) will be kept confidential and will not be shared with third parties.

This information helps to track usage, better understand our customers, and to ensure the surveys are being used appropriately. After registration, you will have access to the survey materials to use in your practice or education setting. We encourage you to share your results with us so we can continue to improve the survey instruments. 

All Casey-Fink Surveys are copyrighted and should not be changed without written permission from the authors. Revisions made to survey items can affect the reliability and validity of the instrument.