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Development and initial validation of an instrument to measure novice nurses' perceived ability to provide care in acute situations - PCAS
Faculty of Caring Sciences, Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Sweden.
Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Faculty of Caring Sciences, Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Sweden.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dep. of Rehabilitation. Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ. CHILD.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8994-8786
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2020 (English)In: BMC Nursing, E-ISSN 1472-6955, Vol. 19, article id 13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Novice nurses need to be better prepared to provide care in acute situations. There is currently no validated scale specifically measuring nurses' perception of their ability to provide care in acute situations. The aim of this study was to develop and examine the psychometric properties of a scale that measures novice nurses self-reported perception of ability to provide care in acute situations.

Method: Development and test of the psychometric properties of the Perception to Care in Acute Situations (PCAS) scale. Items were generated from interviews with novice nurses (n = 17) and validated using opinions of an expert panel and cognitive interviews with the target group.Two hundred nine novice nurses tested the final scale. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to test construct validity, item reduction and underlying dimensions between the measured variables and the latent construct.

Result: The PCAS scale contains 17 items grouped into three factors. EFA demonstrated a clean three factor logic construct solution with no cross-loadings, high correlation for the total scale in both Cronbach's alfa 0.90 and ordinal alpha 0.92.

Conclusions: The PCAS scale has proven to have acceptable validity. The factors," confidence in provision of care", "communication" and "patient perspective" are likely to be important aspects of providing care in acute situations. Additional testing of the PCAS is needed to conclude if it is sensitive enough to evaluate interventions aimed at improving novice nurses competence and suitable as a guide for reflection for novice nurses.

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BioMed Central, 2020. Vol. 19, article id 13
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Acute, Education, Educational measurement, Nursing, Psychometrics, Self report
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-47921DOI: 10.1186/s12912-020-0406-3ISI: 000517124200002PubMedID: 32095115Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85079657039Local ID: GOA HHJ 2020OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-47921DiVA, id: diva2:1411149
Available from: 2020-03-03 Created: 2020-03-03 Last updated: 2024-07-04Bibliographically approved

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