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Development and Psychometric Properties of the Student Nurse Preparedness Assessment for Dementia Care (SNAP-D)
Ashley Kuzmik1, Sahdia Parveen2, Daniel Eaton3
1College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Purpose:
National dementia strategies in the United States and United Kingdom emphasize developing a skilled nursing workforce capable of delivering person-centered dementia care. However, little is known about how prepared nursing students are to provide such care, and few validated tools exist to measure preparedness.
Method:
A literature review informed initial item generation, which was refined through expert review and cognitive interviews with 12 nursing students in the United States and United Kingdom. The final 59-item Student Nurse Preparedness Assessment for Dementia Care (SNAP-D) was tested with 328 nursing students to assess reliability and validity.
Results:
The SNAP-D comprises eight domains and 59 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. It demonstrated adequate construct validity, good convergent validity, and strong internal and test-retest reliability.
Conclusion:
The SNAP-D provides educators with a validated tool to evaluate curricula, identify learning gaps, and assess nursing students' preparedness to deliver high-quality dementia care.
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