Verification of the Effectiveness of Self-evaluation Using a Scale of Role Performance for Nurses Involved in Nursing Clinical Practicum Instruction

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of self-evaluation using a Scale of Role Performance for Nurses Involved in a Nursing Clinical Practicum Instruction. A mixed-methods research was carried out. Data were collected from 34 clinical nursing instructors. Their role was evaluated twice in two different periods of nursing clinical practicum instruction. In the first period, they evaluated their role performance and considered measures for improving the quality of their role performance. They re-evaluated their role performance in the second period, after which, they were interviewed. Qualitative data obtained from the interviews regarding changes in their perception and behavior based on self-evaluation using the scale were analyzed qualitatively and inductively. The scores obtained on the scales at both time points were used as quantitative data and a paired t-test was performed. An analysis of the total scores and sub-scores of the scale based on the t-test revealed a significant increase in all of them in the second evaluation. Additionally, 56 categories were extracted representing changes in participants’ perceptions and behaviors based on self-evaluation using the scale. Integration of t-test results and 4 of the 56 categories indicated that the total scores and sub-scores of the scale increased because of the measures taken by the instructors. Thus, using this scale is effective in improving the quality of nurses’role performance.