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Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Nurse Prescribing Self-Efficacy Scale
Mengxin Xue1, Xu Cheng2, Yanfei Sun1
1Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Objectives:
This study aimed to translate the Nurse Prescribing Self-Efficacy Scale (NP-SES) into Chinese and evaluate its reliability and validity.
Design:
A systematic methodological framework was used.
Setting:
The study's setting was hospitals and nursing schools in Jiangsu province, China.
Participants:
A convenience sample of 309 practising nurses and nursing graduates was recruited.
Outcome Measures:
The reliability and validity of the scale were assessed. Item screening was based on critical ratio values and item-total correlation coefficients. Validity was evaluated through content validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's α coefficient and split-half reliability.
Results:
EFA identified three common factors, accounting for 78.608% of the total variance. CFA indicated that model fit indices met acceptable thresholds, supporting the scale's structural validity. Cronbach's α and split-half reliability for subdimensions ranged from 0.907 to 0.957 and from 0.867 to 0.944, respectively.
Conclusions:
The Chinese version of the NP-SES demonstrates good reliability and validity and is suitable for assessing clinical nurses' self-efficacy in prescribing.
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