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Development of a Nursing Competence Measurement Scale according to Nurse's Clinical Ladder in General Wards

Mee Ran Park1, Nam Cho Kim2
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2014;20(3):257-271.
Published online: June 30, 2014

1Nursing Department of Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Korea.

2College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.

Corresponding author: Kim, Nam Cho. College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2258-7405, Fax: +82-2-2258-7772, kncpjo@catholic.ac.kr
• Received: February 19, 2014   • Revised: April 17, 2014   • Accepted: June 3, 2014

Copyright © 2014 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This methodological study was done to develop a Nursing Competency Measurement Scale based on the clinical ladders of nurses working in wards.
  • Methods
    Thirty clinical experts and 501 ward nurses evaluated the content validity of the scale. A survey using the Nursing Competency Measurement Scale was conducted with 114 nurses to evaluate reliability and applicability of the instrument. Data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 21.0.
  • Results
    A review of the literature identified 13 components of nursing competencies and 30 core nursing competencies based on each of the 4 grade clinical ladders. Cronbach's α coefficient for the total was .92. Cronbach's α reliabilities of each clinical ladder grade were .83 for Grade I, .84 for Grade II, .81 for Grade III, and .84 for Grade IV. The Content Validity Index (CVI) of the scale with 120 individual items was 0.976~1.000 for Grade I scale, 0.986~1.000 for Grade II scale, 0.984~1.000 for Grade III scale, and 0.992~1.000 for Grade IV scale. The expert group nurses' average degree of nursing competence measured using the scale was 3.38~3.75 out of 4.0.
  • Conclusion
    Through this process, 120 final questions were confirmed to represent items of the Nursing Competency Measurement Scale based on clinical grade.
  • Key Words: Nurse; Career; Competency; Clinical ladder

This manuscript is condensed form of the first author's doctoral thesis from The Catholic University of Korea.

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Table 1
Grade I (Beginner) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria
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*Criterions are corrected.

Table 2
Grade II (Intermediate) Nursing Competency Performance
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*Criterions are corrected.

Table 3
Grade III (Advanced) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria
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*Criterions are corrected.

Table 4
Grade IV (Expert) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria
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*Criterions are corrected.

Table 5
Nursing Performance among Expert (Grade IV) Group (N=114)
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    Development of a Nursing Competence Measurement Scale according to Nurse's Clinical Ladder in General Wards

    Grade I (Beginner) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Grade II (Intermediate) Nursing Competency Performance

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Grade III (Advanced) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Grade IV (Expert) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Nursing Performance among Expert (Grade IV) Group (N=114)
    Table 1 Grade I (Beginner) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Table 2 Grade II (Intermediate) Nursing Competency Performance

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Table 3 Grade III (Advanced) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Table 4 Grade IV (Expert) Nursing Competency Performance Criteria

    *Criterions are corrected.

    Table 5 Nursing Performance among Expert (Grade IV) Group (N=114)

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