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Professional Nursing Communication Competence: Theoretical procedures for instrument development and pilot test
Samuel Freitas Soares1, Elaine Cristina Carvalho Moura2, Violeta Lopez3
1Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Aims:
To describe the theoretical procedures for the development of the Professional Nursing Communication Competence instrument, determine the content validity and describe the pilot test application.
Background:
Measuring instruments must be developed in accordance with the context and communication process by adopting theoretical procedures based on competence structures to support quality patient-centred care and nursing management.
Methods:
A methodological study was employed. The instrument was developed by using content-validated theoretical construct in accordance with 33 communication theories followed by semantic analysis and content validity by experts. The instrument was tested over three phases: before the lecture on professional nursing communication competence, after the simulation scenario experience and after debriefing.
Results:
The instrument showed an extremely high agreement (CVI = 0.99). Linear regression suggested three domains of the 46-item content-validated instrument comprising knowledge (18 items), skills (12 items) and attitudes (16 items).
Conclusion:
The instrument was found to measure professional communication competence with a high theoretical reliability of the contexts and processes through a simulation strategy.
Implications For Nursing Management:
Nursing educators, managers and staff can adopt the Professional Nursing Communication Competence (IMC-CPE) instrument to improve the effectiveness level of knowledge, skills and attitudes to reduce misunderstanding among team members and health care errors.
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