Core competency scale for operating room nurses in China: Scale development, reliability and validity evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To develop a competency scale for operating room nurses and test its reliability and validity.

Background

The existing Chinese Registered Nurse Competency Scale and the core competency scale for operating room nurses developed abroad cannot fully meet the capacity needs of Chinese operating room nurses.

Methods

The scale was developed based on the results of qualitative interview and the Delphi method. Ten experts were selected for expert consultation, and 300 operating room nurses were recruited by convenience sampling for a cross-sectional survey to test the reliability and validity of instrument.The reliability and validity of the scale was assessed based on internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability and confirmatory factor analysis. Data collec

SUBMITTER: Mei N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9584484 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature