The development and validation of a nurse preceptor core competency scale: A culturally compatible methodological study

IF 3.6 2区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Nurse Education Today Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106705

Tzu-Ting Chen , Chia-Chi Hsiao , Hsing-Ju Lu , Yea-Jyh Chen , Chang-Chiao Hung

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Abstract

Background

Existing competency frameworks for nurse preceptors lack standardization, especially between Western and non-Western countries. A new scale is needed to address these cultural and contextual differences.

Aim

To develop and validate a culturally compatible scale to measure core competencies for nurse preceptors in Taiwan.

Design

A methodological study.

Setting

Two medical centers and one regional hospital under the umbrella of a private, non-profit healthcare organization.

Method

The study followed the DeVellis method comprising two phases: developing a core competencies scale; and validating the scale's reliability. An initial item pool of 51 was created and refined through expert panel discussions, item and scale content validity index, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis.

Results

Two hundreds and sixteen valid questionnaires from nurse preceptors were used. The scale content validity index was 0.96. Composite reliability ranged from 0.88 to 0.95, all exceeding 0.7, confirming convergent validity. The average variance extracted ranged from 0.52 to 0.76, all above 0.5, and the largest correlation coefficient square (0.49) was greater than the smallest average variance extracted (0.52), which meets discriminant validity criteria. The final instrument consisted of 30 items across five subscales: Communication and Collaboration; Consultation of Academic Writing; Teaching Traits; Clinical Nursing Profession; and Teaching Pedagogy. The Cronbach's α coefficients for each factor were between 0.88 and 0.95 and was 0.97 for the entire instrument.

Conclusion

The Nurse Preceptor Core Competency Scale is a valid and reliable tool to assess core competencies of nurse preceptors in Taiwan, ensuring that they are prepared to effectively support new nurses in providing safe and high-quality patient care.

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Nurse Education Today 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

12.80%

发文量

349

审稿时长

58 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives. Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal''s high academic and ethical standards.