Self-confidence for emergency intervention: adaptation and cultural validation of the Self-confidence Scale in nursing students

Abstract

Objective: develop the cultural adaptation and validation of a Portuguese version of the Self-confidence Scale. Method: descriptive and exploratory methodological research for the adaptation and validation of a measuring instrument. The translation, synthesis, back-translation, revision, pretest and semantic evaluation phases were accomplished. The evaluation involving 178 students from a Teaching Diploma Program in Nursing. The ethical principles were complied with. Results: the internal consistency analysis of the scale reveals good Alpha coefficients (0.92 for the global scale and superior to 0.83 for the different dimensions). The factor analysis presents a three-factor solution with rational meaning. Conclusion: The scale is easy to answer and understand. Based on the obtained results, it can be affirmed that the scale reveals good psychometric properties, with great potential to be used in future research.

Communication and leadership in emergency situations: Systematic literature review and recommendations for practice

“…Almost all studies included in this SLR mention the importance of communication, leadership, and teamwork training. [4,5,11,13,16,18,22,[24][25][26]29] Simulation-based training is an important pedagogical tool to consolidate knowledge, [30,31] develop acute care skills, maintain proficiency, [30,[32][33][34] and produce leaders. [35][36][37][38][39] Communication and leadership are two closely related concepts, [13] to the extent that effective leadership requires effective communication [4,10,11,19,24,26] at different levels: to collect and process data; [14] to make quick [13,22] and correct decisions; [16,19,22] to achieve a more effective teamwork; [13,17,23,25] to motivate the team; [14] to improve the overall quality of the response; [4,14,15,20,24,29] and to ...…”

Simulation in emergency nursing education: An integrative review

“…Adapted from PRISMA. [10] A spreadsheet was developed to data collection and to help categorizing the selected articles by type of study, population/sample, country, year, title, authorship, database was rescued and journal where it was published. The articles were evaluated according to their evidence level and focused on a hierarchical classification system based on levels that go from one to six, according to the study development design.…”

“…[8,9] The complexity involving emergency situations and everything about them requires health professionals to have skills that must be properly developed during graduation, namely: self-confidence and training to deal with their occurrence. [10] The lack of contact or opportunities to act in emergencies during training hinders the development of the skills students need in order to perform objectively, with effective, rapid and imperative interventions within this context. The simulation allows training the skills students need to develop in order to act fruitfully in complex emergency scenarios, which require the action of highly trained professionals.…”

“…The simulation allows training the skills students need to develop in order to act fruitfully in complex emergency scenarios, which require the action of highly trained professionals. [5,10] …”

Impact of a simulated practice program in the construction of self-confidence for intervention in emergencies and its association with knowledge and performance

“…The Self-Confidence Scale (portuguese version) (pv) [31] is a 12-item scale divided into three dimensions: breathing, circulation and neurological. Each dimension includes four items assessing the self-confidence to intervene in an emergency situation.…”