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Content Validation of a Political Competence Scale in Graduate Nursing Education
Delene Volkert1, Claire McKinley Yoder, Lisa Robinson
1About the Authors Delene Volkert, PhD, RN, CNE, is an associate professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. Claire McKinley Yoder, PhD, RN, CNE, is an associate professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. Lisa Robinson DNP, CNE, CBC, NP-C, is a professor, Galen College of Nursing, Louisville, Kentucky. Heidi Johnston, DNP, RN, CNE, is assistant undergraduate program director and associate professor, and Ashley Goar, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, CNE, is an assistant professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. During the preparation of this work, the authors used an AI-assisted language tool to support drafting, content organization, and language refinement. The authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for it.
Aim:
To examine the content validity of an adapted Political Competence Scale for Nurses (PCS-N) for use in graduate nursing education.
Background:
Instruments to evaluate political competence as a graduate-level educational outcome remain limited.
Method:
Experts rated item relevance using a four-point scale (1 = not relevant to 4 = highly relevant). Scale-level indices were calculated using the average method (S-CVI/Ave).
Results:
All subscales demonstrated strong content validity, with S-CVI/Ave values ranging from 0.89 to 0.95. Mean item-level content validity index values were 0.89 for Political Knowledge, 0.94 for Political Efficacy, 0.95 for Political Interaction, and 0.91 for Political Activity. The overall scale content validity (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.92, indicating excellent scale validity.
Conclusion:
Findings support the content validity and relevance of the adapted instrument for graduate nursing education. The instrument provides a foundation for national psychometric testing and may support future competency-based evaluation of graduate nursing programs.
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