Development of competency inventory for registered nurses in the people's republic of china: Scale development

Liu, Ming; Kunaiktikul, Wipada; Senaratana, Wilawan; Tonmukayakul, Ouyporn; Eriksen, Lillian R.

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.01.010

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“…Another important aspect is the number of items included in a scale. The NCS includes 73 [8] and the CIRN 58 items [9]. It is crucial to have a simple, uncomplicated questionnaire, since many instruments are too timeconsuming to administer in clinical practice [19].…”

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the radiographers’ competence scale

Andersson¹,

Christensson²,

Fridlund³

et al. 2012

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Assessing the competence of registered radiographers' clinical work is of great importance because of the recent change in nursing focus and rapid technological development. Self-assessment assists radiographers to validate and improve clinical practice by identifying their strengths as well as areas that may need to be developed. The aim of the study was to develop and psychometrically test a specially designed instrument, the Radiographers Competence Scale (RCS). A cross sectional survey was conducted comprising 406 randomly selected radiographers all over Sweden. The study consisted of two phases; the development of the instrument and evaluation of its psychometric properties. The first phase included three steps: 1) construction of the RCS; 2) pilot testing of face and content validity; and 3) creation of a web-based 54-item questionnaire for testing the instrument. The second phase comprised psychometric evaluation of construct validity, internal consistency reliability and item reduction. The analysis reduced the initial 54 items of the RCS to 28 items. A logical two-factor solution was identified explaining 53.8% of the total variance. The first factor labelled "Nurse initiated care" explained 31.7% of the total variance. Factor 2 labelled "Technical and radiographic processes" explained 22.1% of the total variance. The scale had good internal consistency reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.87. The RCS is a short, easy to administer scale for capturing radiographers' competence levels and the frequency of using their competence. The scale was found to be valid and reliable. The self-assessment RCS can be used in management, patient safety and quality improvement to enhance the radiographic process.

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“…This 58-item instrument was developed from a qualitative study based on the International Council of Nurses' (ICN) framework. Liu et al [9] identified strong evidence of internal consistency reliability, content and construct validity of the CIRN.…”

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the radiographers’ competence scale

Andersson¹,

Christensson²,

Fridlund³

et al. 2012

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“…Similar steps were used in the development of competency inventories for registered nurses in the People's Republic of China (Liu et al, 2006). Unique to the Thai research plan is incorporation of levels of clinical competence as per Benner's model (Benner, 1984).…”

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Research plan for developing trauma core competencies for nurses in Thailand

Unhasuta

Robinson

Magilvy

2010

International Emergency Nursing

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“…A simple search using the term in the EBSCOhost database yields over 4,000 academic articles. The approach is being used across the globe for instance in Europe (Horton, 2000a;Hondeghem & Vandermeulen, 2000), Australia (Gonczi, 1994), China (Liu et al, 2007), South Africa (Parker & Walters, 2008), Middle East (Ismail et al, 2009) including Malaysia (Azmi, 2010;Azmanirah et al, 2014). Competency is an important tool in organizational human resource management efforts.…”

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What Is Wrong with Competency Research? Two Propositions

Jamil

2015

ASS

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The theory and practice of competency approach has remained significant even decades after its conception. However despite its omnipresence, its validity has been repeatedly questioned. For it to be a truly useful tool, these criticisms and their roots must be critically analyzed to identify improvement measures. To find the solutions, a proper analysis of the competency subject must be first conducted. This paper aims to revisit the prevailing competency theories and backgrounds, with the intention to identify gaps and propose corrective measures. This paper starts by reviewing the theoretical foundations underpinning the competency approach, its origins, frameworks and key criticisms. Based on the reviews, it was found that the approach suffers two limitations. Firstly, its frameworks tend to be bias towards achieving utilitarian objective whereby definition of competent managers is limited to their contribution to organizational economic performance. Secondly, its research were mainly conducted from the positivistic lenses which over-simply the complex nature of managerial work. Based on these findings, the author then proposes epistemological and ideological turns that researchers should consider in researching the competency subject.

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Development of competency inventory for registered nurses in the people's republic of china: Scale development

Cited by 98 publications

References 9 publications

Development and psychometric evaluation of the radiographers’ competence scale

Development and psychometric evaluation of the radiographers’ competence scale

Research plan for developing trauma core competencies for nurses in Thailand

What Is Wrong with Competency Research? Two Propositions

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