Turkish Adaptation of Nursing Students Competence Instrument

Year 2023, , 348 - 355, 15.06.2023

Merve Çakar , Ayşegül Açıl , Nagihan İlaslan , Nuriye Yıldırım Şişman

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1115288

Abstract

Objective: The study was conducted to examine the validity and reliability of the Nursing Students Competence Instrument, which was developed in order to evaluate the competences of nursing students, for the Turkish society.
Methods: This methodological study was conducted with the participation of 224 third and fourth-year nursing students studying at a state university in Turkey. Identifying Information Form and Nursing Students Competence Instrument were used for data collection. In order to determine the validity of the scale, linguistic content validity analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed. In order to identify the reliability of the scale, test-retest and Cronbach’s alpha analysis were used.
Results: In line with the validity and reliability analyses of the scale, it was determined that the model was compatible according to fit indices of confirmatory factor analysis (X2/sd= 2.42, RMSEA= 0.08, SRMR= 0.07). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale was determined to be 0.96, and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the subscales varied between 0.92 and 0.94.
Conclusion: It was determined that the Turkish adaptation of the “Nursing Students Competence Instrument” was a valid and reliable scale for measuring the competence levels of nursing students. It is recommended to administer the scale to larger samples and to plan interorganizational comparative studies in order to identify nursing students’ competences.

Keywords

Validity, Reliability, Nursing, Nursing student, Competence

Supporting Institution

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors

Project Number

-

Thanks

We are grateful for the contributions from all the participants.

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