Christine Pintz, Qiuping Pearl Zhou, Marcy Ainslie, Mary Beth Bigley, Mindi Anderson, Desiree A Díaz, Susan Kelly-Weeder, Shani Marks-Donkor, Carla Nye, Christine Repsha, Carolina D Tennyson
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Abstract
Background: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials (2021) and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Role Competencies (2022) outline professional nursing competencies, resulting in a shift toward Nurse Practitioner (NP) competency-based education.
Purpose: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Nurse Practitioner Student Competency Assessment (NPSCA), a revised instrument measuring person-centered competencies established by AACN and NONPF.
Methodology: Fifty-three students from four NP programs in their first clinical experience participated in the study. Each student performed one simulation, which was video-recorded. Two faculty members reviewed and scored each student's video recording using the NPSCA and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Scale, an instrument similar to those used by NP programs. The faculty ratings were collected using an online survey program.
Results: The final version of the NPSCA has 17 items. Eight faculty members rated the items on a scale from 1 (not very relevant) to 4 (very relevant), with 100% agreement that the items were relevant or very relevant, indicating sufficient content validity. Internal consistency: α = 0.884-0.895. Correlations between the NPSCA and the VCU scale were r = 0.288, p = .036 and r = 0.589, p < .001, respectively.
Conclusions: The evidence supports the reliability and validity of the NPSCA. Its internal consistency is excellent, and the content validity and criterion-related validity were sufficiently supported.
Implications: With a shortage of reliable and valid tools to assess NP graduates, the NPSCA may play a role in evaluating and ensuring the readiness of NP graduates for practice.
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The Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (JAANP) is a monthly peer-reviewed professional journal that serves as the official publication of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Published since 1989, the JAANP provides a strong clinical focus with articles related to primary, secondary, and tertiary care, nurse practitioner education, health policy, ethics and ethical issues, and health care delivery. The journal publishes original research, integrative/comprehensive reviews, case studies, a variety of topics in clinical practice, and theory-based articles related to patient and professional education. Although the majority of nurse practitioners function in primary care, there is an increasing focus on the provision of care across all types of systems from acute to long-term care settings.
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