Italian version of Nursing Students' Perception of Instructor Caring (I-NSPIC): assessment of reliability and validity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical experience is an essential component of nursing education since it provides students with the opportunity to construct and develop clinical competencies. Instructor caring is a pivotal facilitator at the forefront of clinical education, playing a key and complex educating role in clinical sectors. For these reasons the aims of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Italian version of NSPIC (I-NSPIC).

Methods

A validation multicentre study was conducted in three different Italian universities. A total of 333 nursing students were enrolled in the 2014/2015 academic year. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with oblique rotation was performed to test the construct validity of I-NSPIC. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient and test retest via I

SUBMITTER: Arrigoni C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693487 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature