Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the End-of-Life Nursing Competency Scale for Clinical Nurses.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to develop and establish psychometric properties of the End-of-Life Nursing Competency Scale for Clinical Nurses. The initial items were derived from an in-depth literature review and field interviews. The content validation of these items was assessed over three rounds by experts in end-of-life nursing care. The study included 437 clinical nurses from four hospitals in S, E, and D cities in South Korea. The final exploratory factor analysis resulted in a scale consisting of 21 items with the following five factors that explained 68.44% of the total variance: Physical care-imminent end-of-life, legal and administrative processes, psychological care-patient and family, psychological care-nurses' self, and ethical nursing. The final model with these five subscales was valida

SUBMITTER: Kim JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11354138 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature