Content Validation for a Medical-Surgical Orientation Competency Assessment Instrument.

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101603887 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2169-981X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 21699798 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Nurses Prof Dev Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2013]-

Clinical Competence*/standards ; Medical-Surgical Nursing*/standards ; Educational Measurement*/methods ; Educational Measurement*/standards; Humans ; Inservice Training ; Reproducibility of Results ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Demonstration of competency is an essential component of nursing orientation in the practice environment. Standardization of the assessment with a validated instrument supports high-quality care and patient safety. This study engaged six nurse experts to establish content validation for a newly developed competency-based assessment framed by the domains of the national standard for nursing education. Two rounds of rigorous review resulted in a scale content validity index universal agreement calculation of .891, indicating that all items were evaluated as relevant for inclusion in this comprehensive measure of registered nurse clinical competency in the medical-surgical specialty.
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