Designing a national model for assessment of nursing informatics competency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the need for informatics competencies in the field of nursing, the present study was conducted to design a psychometric instrument to determine the qualification of informatics competencies of employed nurses in educational care centers.

Methods

The questionnaire was made by reviewing existing scientific resources and assessment tools. Two hundred nurses were selected using simple random sampling. Structural equation modeling was used using the measurement model technique and the average variance was calculated. Linear structural relations (LISREL) software was used to test the assumptions and correlations of the model.

Results

Findings showed relatively good estimation in the fit of first-order measurement model. The informatics knowledge subscale w

SUBMITTER: Farzandipour M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852364 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature