2020 Volume 40 Pages 484-494
Objective: To develop a key competency scale of nursing manager.
Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on 4,410 nursing managers who work at facilities of University hospital and facilities of regional medical support hospitals. We set 50 items on key competencies of nursing manager, and performed item analysis and factor analysis. The construct validity is checked the model to validity confirm and the coexistence validity is checked using NACAS; Nursing Administrator’s Competency Assessment Scale. The reliability confirmed internal consistency by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.
Results: A total of 2,480 nursing manager were response (collection rate 56.2%) and 2,330 valid responses were analyzed. Five factors were extracted as a result of factor analysis, situation awareness, meta-cognitive, self-control, career support, decision making. The fitness of the model consisting of 5 factors and 30 items was GFI = .907, AGFI = .899, CFI = .921, RMSEA = .047, and the construct validity was confirmed. The correlation between the extracted five factors and lower-level concepts of NACAS was r = .34 to .63, confirmed coexistence validity. The alpha coefficient of each factor was .81 to .88, confirmed the internally defined consistency.
Conclusions: The reliability and validity of the key competency scale of nursing manager; KCSNM were verified.
