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1Wolchon Elementary School, 132, Mokdongjungang-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, 07980, South Korea. rnyjh@snu.ac.kr.
BMC Nursing
|April 15, 2021
Summary
A new scale measures school nurses' emergency nursing care competency, crucial for student safety. This validated tool aids in identifying competency factors and developing education programs.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Instrument Development
Background:
- School nurses provide essential emergency services to students.
- Assessing school nurses' emergency care competency is vital for student safety and quality of care.
- A validated instrument is needed to measure this competency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a scale for measuring school nurses' competency in emergency nursing care.
- To provide a reliable tool for assessing the skills of school nurses in emergency situations.
Main Methods:
- Instrument development and validation study using the DeVellis scale development process and the International Council of Nurses' framework.
- Content validity assessed by 8 experts; scale evaluated by 386 school nurses.
- Validity included factor analysis, discriminative validity, and criterion validity; internal consistency analyzed using Cronbach's α.
Main Results:
- A 30-item, 5-point Likert scale was developed, comprising three factors and three sub-factors.
- Convergent, discriminative, and criterion validity were confirmed.
- Criterion validity showed a positive correlation with the Triage Competency Scale.
Conclusions:
- The developed scale can identify factors influencing school nurses' emergency nursing care competency.
- The scale can contribute to competency-based education programs for school nurses.
- This instrument supports enhancing the quality of emergency care provided to students.
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