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Development of an infection control competency scale for clinical nurses: an instrument design study.
- Source :
- BMC Nursing; 4/19/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Nurses work in close proximity to patients, and as such, they can have a direct impact on the control of infections; thus, it is important for nurses to be competent in infection control. However, the scales used to measure infection control performance in nurses are not suitable for measuring infection control competencies that reflect nurses' expertise, clinical environment, and work. Thus, this study aimed to develop a valid and reliable measure to assess infection control competency of clinical nurses. Methods: A concept analysis, using a hybrid model, was performed on the infection control competency of clinical nurses to confirm the components and develop 67 initial items. Ten experts evaluated the content validity of these items, and a Korean language expert and a Doctor of Nursing reviewed the questions to consolidate them into 59 items. Subsequently, 267 nurses working at a certified tertiary hospital in D City were surveyed to confirm the validity and reliability of the scale. Results: As a result of the study, the final scale comprising seven factors and 33 questions was derived, and the cumulative explanatory power of these factors was 60.8%. To verify convergent and discriminant validity, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted, and the average variance extraction index, composite reliability values, and confidence interval of the correlation coefficient between factors were confirmed. Convergent and discriminant validities were verified by comparison with standard values. The Cronbach's α for the entire scale in this study was 0.93. Consequently, the validity and reliability of the clinical nurses' infection control competency measurement scale were verified. Conclusions: The validity and reliability of the infection control competency measurement scale for clinical nurses (ICCS-CN) developed in this study was verified, and the scale can be effectively used to measure the infection control competency of clinical nurses. Measuring the infection control competency of clinical nurses will help reduce the harm caused by infection and ensure patient safety by decreasing infection rates in medical institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
STATISTICAL correlation
INFECTION control
CRONBACH'S alpha
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
RESEARCH evaluation
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
EXPERIMENTAL design
NURSE practitioners
RESEARCH methodology
CLINICAL competence
TEST validity
NATIONAL competency-based educational tests
FACTOR analysis
CONFIDENCE intervals
DATA analysis software
DISCRIMINANT analysis
EVALUATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726955
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176688575
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01904-1