Development of a competency evaluation scale and test its reliability and validity for pre hospital emergency nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To develop a scientific and comprehensive job competency evaluation scale for pre hospital emergency nurses, and to test its reliability and validity.Methods:Based on the theory of nurse medical quality responsibility model, the first draft of the scale was formed through literature review, Delphi method, and other research methods. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 563 pre hospital nurses from 6 tertiary A hospitals in Shandong Province. SPSS 27.0 statistical software was used for factor analysis to test the reliability and validity of the scale.Results:The final competency evaluation scale for pre hospital emergency nurses included 6 dimensions and 40 items. Cronbach′s α coefficient of the total scale was 0.921, and the Spearman Brown split half reliability coefficient was 0.756. Conclusion:The job competency evaluation scale for pre hospital emergency nurses constructed in this study has good reliability and validity, and can be used to evaluate the job competency of pre hospital emergency nurses.