2022 Volume 42 Pages 111-120
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a “Competency checklist for Vital Signs Accurate Measurement (VSAM checklist)” that can be applied to various situations, and to verify its content validity and reliability.
Methods: For the draft of the VSAM checklist, a total of 18 items were extracted by the conceptual analysis of “accurate measurement of vital signs”, and the modified-delphi method was performed to validate these items by 8 nursing faculty members. The reliability of this checklist was verified by an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) administered to 24 nursing students (third-year students), and a kappa coefficient of 0.61 or higher was used as a criterion of inter-rater agreement.
Results: The Content Validity Index (CVI) and inter-rater agreement rate showed the standard values, and the overall CVI (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.88. In order to improve the usability of the checklist, the expression of each item was sophisticated through the OSCE, and the total number of items was modified to 15.
Conclusion: The content validity and reliability of all 15 items VSAM checklist reached to an adequate level. This checklist can be used in nursing education as an assessment tool that can be applied to a variety of clinical situations.
