TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing skill assessment within populations : scale development and testing
AU - Johnson, Maree
AU - Marsden, Jane
AU - Day, Elizabeth
AU - Chang, Sungwon
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This study examined the reliability and validity of an instrument to measure the skill level of registered nurses within an Australian state. Internal consistency and construct validity of the scale and subscales were investigated in a sample of 1223 registered nurses from varying practice areas. The scale consisted of 105 skills within 13 practice domains: nursing practice, professional practice, acute care, community and public health, rural and remote area nursing, service delivery, self-management, supervision, resource management, improving processes, training and development, research, and technology. Twelve subscales obtained reliability co-efficients of 0.85 or more, with one at 0.81. The 13 factors explained 64.5 per cent of the cumulative variance, adequately capturing the concept of nursing skill. This scale, and its subscales, represent valid and reliable tools for the assessment and monitoring of skill levels in a population of nurses, within some limitation.
AB - This study examined the reliability and validity of an instrument to measure the skill level of registered nurses within an Australian state. Internal consistency and construct validity of the scale and subscales were investigated in a sample of 1223 registered nurses from varying practice areas. The scale consisted of 105 skills within 13 practice domains: nursing practice, professional practice, acute care, community and public health, rural and remote area nursing, service delivery, self-management, supervision, resource management, improving processes, training and development, research, and technology. Twelve subscales obtained reliability co-efficients of 0.85 or more, with one at 0.81. The 13 factors explained 64.5 per cent of the cumulative variance, adequately capturing the concept of nursing skill. This scale, and its subscales, represent valid and reliable tools for the assessment and monitoring of skill levels in a population of nurses, within some limitation.
KW - Australia
KW - assessment
KW - nurses
KW - nursing skills
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/34616
M3 - Article
SN - 1037-6178
JO - Contemporary Nurse
JF - Contemporary Nurse
ER -