Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)
Validation of slovak version nurses' competencies: Nurse competence scale VALIDÁCIA SLOVENSKEJ VERZIE NÁSTROJA SESTERSKÝCH KOMPETENCIÍ: NURSE COMPETENCE SCALE
Julkaisun tekijät: Nemcova J., Hlinková E., Ovšonková A., Grendár M., Poliaková N., Kajander-Unkuri Satu
Kustantaja: Trencianska Univerzita Alexandra Dubceka
Julkaisuvuosi: 2020
Journal: Zdravotnícke listy
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: Zdravotnicke Listy
Volyymi: 8
Julkaisunumero: 3
Aloitussivu: 6
Lopetussivun numero: 13
ISSN: 1339-3022
eISSN: 2644-4909
Verkko-osoite: https://zl.tnuni.sk/index.php?id=41&L=2
Background: Tools designed to assess nursing competencies
through self-assessment make it possible to identify strengths or
weaknesses for maintaining the desired level of education as well as the
nursing care provided. The Nurse Competence Scale (NCS) tool, developed in Finland, proved to be widely applicable, which also initiated our interest in its Slovak validation. Objectives: To implement language validation of NCS, test psychometric properties and dedtermine the validity and reliability of the Slovak version
of NCS. Sample and methodology: We carried out a cross-sectional study
with explanatory design, for which we used 310 online completed
questionnaires by students of the bachelor's degree in nursing in
Slovakia in 2018. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to extract
factors. We confirmed the dimensionality of the Slovak version
of NCS with several EFA tests. Based on the exploratory analysis, we
selected a number of factors equal to seven. The seven-factor model was
fitted into the correlation matrix with oblimin rotation. Results: The
minimum value of factor loadings > 0.3 was met by all the original 73
items, which we included in seven factors: professional awareness,
professional leadership, use of research, assisting role, patient
education, mentoring and coaching and situation management. Cronbach's
alpha (Ca) factors were 0.88-0.94, a total of 0.98, which can be
assessed as a high degree of reliability of the Slovak version of NCS. The original structure of NCS was not confirmed by statistical methods, but all items-competencies were acceptable to students for use in our practice. Conclusion: The psychometric properties of the Slovak version of NCS confirmed the high degree of validity and reliability of the tool in the self-assessment of competencies in nursing students. The use of self-assessment tools in nursing competencies
could become part of the reflection on the quality of nursing practice,
workforce planning and career application in the profession and in the
conditions of the Slovak Republic.