The biosafety incident response competence scale for clinical nursing staff: a development and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study was designed to develop a biosafety incident response competence scale and evaluate its validity and reliability among clinical nurses.

Design

This study employed a sequential approach, comprising four phases: (1) the establishment of a multidimensional conceptual model, (2) the preliminary selection of the items, (3) further exploration and psychometric testing of the items, (4) the application of the scale among clinical nurses.

Methods

The biosafety incident response competence conceptual model was developed through literature review and the Delphi method. A total of 1,712 clinical nurses participated in the preliminary items selection, while 1,027 clinical nurses were involved in the further psychometric testing from July 2023 to August 2023. The i

SUBMITTER: Wu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941487 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature