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- Title
Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurse Clinical Reasoning Scale: A Validation Study Among Italian Nurses.
- Authors
Notarnicola, Ippolito; Rocco, Gennaro; Iacorossi, Laura; Gambalunga, Francesca; Caruso, Rosario; Prendi, Emanuela; Duka, Blerina; Stievano, Alessandro
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: Clinical reasoning for nurses is considered a valuable component of clinical nursing competencies, but there are few tools to ascertain this. This study tested the Italian Nurses Clinical Reasoning Scale (I-NCRS) psychometric properties based on Levett-Jones' theoretical clinical reasoning model. Methods: Content, face, and construct characteristics were ascertained for their validity. The study had a two-phase design: (a) content and face validity and (b) construct validity. Results: Three factors emerged from the factorial analysis of our reference sample: nursing problems of health, nursing information of health, and nursing assessment of health. Conclusions: The scale represents a valuable tool for the self-assessment of the clinical reasoning skills of nurses. I-NCRS showed evidence of validity and reliability, being also useful for assessing clinical reasoning for educational and research purposes among Italian nurses.
- Subjects
ITALY; MEDICAL logic; NURSES; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; SELF-evaluation; CRONBACH'S alpha; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; RESEARCH evaluation; NURSING assessment; STATISTICAL sampling; NURSING; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; WORK experience (Employment); ITALIANS; JOB satisfaction; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH methodology; TEST validity; FACTOR analysis; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2024, Vol 32, Issue 2, p183
- ISSN
1061-3749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/JNM-2022-0026