scholarly journals Implementation of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale in the Republic of Croatia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kata Ivanišević ◽  
Radoslav Kosić ◽  
Sandra Bošković ◽  
Marija Bukvić
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Psychometric Instrument ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Nurse Professional

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale in Croatia, in order to implement it as a valid and reliable tool for the evaluation of nurses’ competence.Design: Psychometric instrument validation study.Methods: The validity of the contents and construction, as well as internal consistency, and affirmative factor analysis were measured. Nurse Professional Competence Scale has been distributed to 311 nurses who completed undergraduate or graduate nursing studies. All participants completed an online survey. The data was collected between April and July 2020.Results: The six-factor structure (Nursing care, Value-Based Nursing, Medical and Technical Care, Care Pedagogics, Documentation and Administration of Nursing Care, and Development, Leadership and Organization of Nursing Care) of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale has been confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach's alpha equals to 0.92.Conclusions: Psychometric properties of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale in the Republic of Croatia show that the scale is reliable and valid as a measurement instrument, and can be used as such in research to assess the quality of professional competencies of nurses.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Slovenian version of the nurse professional competence scale

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Prosen ◽  
Andreja Kvas ◽  
Sandra Bošković ◽  
Sabina Ličen
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
Nurse Professional

Abstract Background The competency-based approach to the assessment of nursing practice has been adopted as a key policy in the developed world. The continual self-assessment of competence gives nurses the opportunity to reflect on their competencies and has a significant impact on the quality of nursing practice and patient safety. The study was designed to describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation and to assess the psychometric properties of the Slovenian version of a short form of the Nurse Professional Competence scale (NPC-SF) and to evaluate the efficacy of this instrument in a sample of registered nurses. Methods A cross-sectional and validation study was conducted in 425 registered nurses to test the psychometric properties of the Slovenian version of a short form of the scale and to evaluate nurses’ professional competence. A multilevel approach was used: Translation, back-translation, language validity, face and content validity, construct validity, and reliability of the Slovenian version of the scale were analysed respectively. Participants completed an online survey, with the data being collected between April and July 2020. Results Factor analysis showed that the Slovenian version of the scale could be used in four dimensions explained with 65 % of the variance. Cronbach’s α was 0.972. The four-factor model fit the data (RMSEA = 0.083, CFI = 0.731). Self-reported competence was high and rated higher by nurses employed at the tertiary level of healthcare, followed by nurses employed at the secondary and primary, and from social care institutions. Nurses with more years of experience assessed their competence higher. Conclusions The NPC-SF helps understand and identify nurses’ self-reported core competencies in clinical settings, thereby providing an important predictor of the professional development of nursing. The Slovenian version of the scale demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties and may be used in research and clinical practice to evaluate nurses’ professional competence.

Measuring Nurse Attitudes About Childbirth: Revision and Pilot Testing of the Nurse Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha S. Levine ◽  
Nancy K. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Nurse Attitudes ◽  
Strongly Agree

Background and Purpose: Labor/delivery nurse attitudes and beliefs may affect nursing care decisions and patient outcomes. This psychometric study was conducted to revise the Nurse Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire-Revised (NABQ-R). Methods: The NABQ-R contains 42 items scored with a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). An online survey invitation was sent to Colorado intrapartum nurses with 84 complete surveys returned. Results: The NABQ-R scores ranged from 82 to 156 and the Cronbach’s alpha was .90. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted, and all items loaded on at least 1 factor. Conclusions: Our results support acceptable initial psychometric properties for the NABQ-R consistent with existing theory indicating that the NABQ-R shows promise for use in future studies.

Professional Competence Among Registered Nurses Working in Hospitals in Saudi Arabia and Their Experiences of Quality of Nursing Care and Patient Safety

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962199284
Author(s):  
Jehad O. Halabi ◽  
Jan Nilsson ◽  
Margret Lepp
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
Quality Of Nursing ◽  
Nurse Professional

Introduction: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) plans to become self-sufficient, generating a national nursing workforce. The study’s purpose was to assess nurses’ self-reported professional competence and illuminate experiences of the quality of nursing care and patient safety. Methodology: A cross-sectional design with 469 nurses working in different units from two public hospitals and Regions of the KSA participated. The Nurse Professional Competence Scale short version including six professional areas of nursing care was used. Results: There are significant relationships between self-reported professional competence and the quality of nursing care, patient safety, nurse’s characteristics, and workplace. Discussion: Registered nurses’ professional competence is related to the clinical areas in which they work and the nature of their involvement in patient care. The Nurse Professional Competence Scale can identify professional competence areas for further development, which is important for culturally congruent health care in KSA for their transformation process.

The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale: A tool that can be used in national and international assessments of nursing education programmes

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Gardulf ◽  
Jan Florin ◽  
Marianne Carlsson ◽  
Janeth Leksell ◽  
Margret Lepp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
International Assessments ◽  
University Colleges ◽  
Nurse Professional

The quality of basic nursing bachelor programmes nationally and internationally must regularly be assessed to ensure that they fulfil requirements and are appropriate in relation to developments and changes in societies and healthcare systems. There is a need for instruments in helping to assess this. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale could serve as a tool to measure and detect possible differences between universities/university colleges regarding nursing students’ self-reported competence. Totally, 543 nursing students who had just completed their academic three-year nursing bachelor programmes at 10 universities/university colleges in Sweden participated in the study (response rate 71%). The students answered the NPC Scale with its 88 items constituting eight competence areas (CAs) and two overarching themes. The results from using the NPC Scale by the students were then compared between the 10 universities/university colleges. Significant mean score differences were found between the universities/university colleges on all CAs and on both themes. The highest mean score differences were found for the CAs ‘Medical and technical care’ and ‘Documentation and information technology’. The lowest mean score differences were found for the CAs ‘Value-based nursing care’ and ‘Leadership in and development of nursing’. It is concluded that the NPC Scale can serve as a useful tool in national and international assessments of nursing bachelor programmes.

scholarly journals Measuring precarious employment in Sweden: translation, adaptation and psychometric properties of the Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES)

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e029577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Jonsson ◽  
Alejandra Vives ◽  
Joan Benach ◽  
Katarina Kjellberg ◽  
Jenny Selander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
High Response Rate ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Swedish Version ◽  
Precarious Employment ◽  
Response Options

ObjectivesPrecarious employment (PE) is a determinant of poor health and health inequality. However, the evidence of health consequences and mechanisms underlying the associations, are still limited due to a lack of a comprehensive multidimensional definition and measurement instrument. The Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) is a Spanish, multidimensional scale, developed to measure degree of PE. The aim of this study was to translate the EPRES-2010 into Swedish, adapt it to the Swedish context and to assess the psychometric properties of the Swedish EPRES.MethodEPRES was translated, adapted and implemented for data collection within the research project PRecarious EMployment in Stockholm (PREMIS). During 2016–2017, questionnaire data were collected from 483 non-standard employees in Stockholm, Sweden, sampled with web-based respondent-driven sampling. Analyses included item descriptive statistics, scale descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis.ResultsThe final EPRES-Se (Swedish version of the EPRES),consisted of six dimensions and 23 items. There was a high response rate to all items and response options. Global Cronbach’s alpha was 0.83. Subscales ‘vulnerability’, ‘rights’ and ‘exercise rights’ had reliability coefficients between α=0.78–0.89 and item-subscale correlations between r=0.48–0.78. ‘Temporariness’ had poor reliability (α=−0.08) and inter-item correlation (r=−0.04), while ‘disempowerment’ showed acceptable psychometric properties (α=0.5; r=0.34). Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the original EPRES factor structure.Conclusions‘Vulnerability’, ‘wages’, ‘rights’, ‘exercise rights’ and ‘disempowerment’ worked in the Swedish context; however, ‘temporariness’ would need revising before implementing the EPRES-Se in further research. Continued work and validation of EPRES-Se is encouraged. In order to enable international comparisons and multinational studies, similar studies in other European countries are also called for.

Oversetting, tilpasning og testing av The Nurse Professional Competence Scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 164-175
Author(s):  
Eli-Anne Skaug ◽  
Stina Ekman ◽  
Jörg W. Kirchhoff
Keyword(s):  
Professional Competence ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
Nurse Professional

scholarly journals A short version of the nurse professional competence scale for measuring nurses' self-reported competence

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Nilsson ◽  
Maria Engström ◽  
Jan Florin ◽  
Ann Gardulf ◽  
Marianne Carlsson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Competence ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
Nurse Professional

scholarly journals Translation and cultural adaptation of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale: The NPC Scale – German AUT language version

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Jan Daniel Kellerer ◽  
Matthias Rohringer ◽  
Isabella Theresia Raab ◽  
Gerhard Müller ◽  
Daniela Deufert
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language Version ◽  
Cultural Adaption ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
Data Revision ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Translation And Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Nurse Professional

Assessing nursing-related competences becomes increasingly relevant. Therefore, psychometrically tested and contentual appropriate instruments are needed. The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale seems convenient to assess nurses' competences in German-speaking countries. This article describes the translation and cultural adaption of the NPC Scale English-language version for the German-speaking linguistic area of Austria (AUT), following the respective principles defined by the International Society for Pharmaoeconomics and Outcome Research (ISPOR). The aim was to provide a German-language version of the NPC Scale usable for the Austrian specific linguistic and cultural area. Due to polydimensionality of the scale and the extensive number of items being stepwise revised by researchers, several innovative methodological approaches were required to ensure transparent and comprehensible decision-making, data-revision and consensus-gainig throughout the overall process. Useful methods are presented to cope with challenges accompanying the coverage of decentralized data-revision and consensus-finding within the translation and cultural adaption of a polydimensional scale with a high number of items. The Nurse Professional Competence Scale, 88 items – German Austrian language version is conceptually, semantically and idiomatically equivalent compared to the NPC Scale original version and is recommendable for the usage in the target country's nursing context from a linguistic point of view.

scholarly journals Contemporary Condition of Innovative Activity in the field of Health Care of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Gulbadan Bekembayeva ◽  
Vitalii Koikov ◽  
Aigul Mergentay ◽  
Galia Mussina ◽  
Makar Solodovnikov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
National Health Care ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Care System

Context: Under these conditions innovative focus of the national health care system at all levels and new approaches to encourage innovation in medical organizations, taking into account the characteristics of their activities and needs of the population, become the urgent tasksAims: to study the factors constraining the introduction of new medical technologies in the health care system of Kazakhstan, and to find ways of improving innovation activity in Kazakhstan.Settings and Design: The article presents the results of the reasons that restrain the activity of development and implementation of innovation, the types of innovative technologies and their demand in the Republic of Kazakhstan.Methods and Material: online survey of health professionals on innovation in the Republic of KazakhstanStatistical analysis used: statistical analysis using the SPSS 16. In the analysis we have used descriptive statistics, factor analysis, correlation and multivariate analysis of variance.Results: It was found that in the majority of cases (62.4%), innovations were borrowed (imported from abroad), and they have mostly (63.3%) been introduced into clinical medicine by health care practitioners (66.9%), while the lowest percentage of innovative activity in the country (22.8%) was found among the specialists holding scientific and academic degrees, as well as their participation in the research.Conclusions: The factor analysis or principal components analysis suggests that the main reasons for the low innovation activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan is a lack of awareness of experts about the latest achievements of science, lack of trained personnel and insufficient target financing of innovation in health care.

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