Original Articles
Development of the Care Ethical Competence Scale for Nursing Students
2019 Volume 39 Pages 316-325
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2019 Volume 39 Pages 316-325
Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a scale that assesses the care ethical competence of students in nursing practice, and verify the reliability and validity of the scale.
Method: A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted with 694 nursing students nationwide.
Factor analysis was performed and the construct validity was confirmed with AMOS statistical software using model fitness. The coexistence validity was confirmed using the “scale of professional autonomy in nursing.” The reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s α coefficient to confirm the internal consistency, and a retest was used to confirm the intraclass correlation coefficients.
Results: As a result of factor analysis, 29 items of 5 factors were extracted.
Concerning the degree of data fitness, the GFI was .896, AGFI was .883, CFI was .977, RMSEA was .034, and correlation with the “scale of professional autonomy in nursing” was .453. For reliability, Cronbach’s α coefficient for all 29 items was .932, and Cronbach’s α coefficient for each of the five factors was between .837 and .887. The retest method showed intraclass correlation coefficients between .351 and .904.
Conclusion: The nursing student version of the care ethical competence scale consisted of 5 factors and 29 items. The reliability and validity of this scale were confirmed.
