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Impact of a critical care postgraduate certificate course on nurses' self-reported competence and confidence : A quasi-experimental study
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- Baxter, Rebecca (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för omvårdnad
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- Edvardsson, David (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för omvårdnad,School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Elsevier, 2018
- 2018
- English.
- In: Nurse Education Today. - : Elsevier. - 0260-6917 .- 1532-2793. ; 65, s. 156-161
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Background: Postgraduate education is said to support the development of nurses' professional competence and confidence, essential to the delivery of safe and effective care. However, there is a shortness of empirical evidence to demonstrate an increase to nurses' self-reported confidence and competence on completion of critical care postgraduate certificate-level education.Objectives: To explore the impact of a critical care postgraduate certificate course on nurses' self-reported competence and confidence. To explore the psychometric properties and performance of the Critical Care Competence and Confidence Questionnaire.Design: A quasi-experimental pre/post-test design.Participants: A total population sample of nurses completing a critical care postgraduate certificate course at an Australian University.Methods: The Critical Care Competence and Confidence Questionnaire was developed for this study to measure nurses' self-reported competence and confidence at baseline and follow up. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to explore sample characteristics and changes between baseline and follow-up. Reliability of the questionnaire was explored using Cronbach's Alpha and item-total correlations.Results: There was a statistically significant increase in competence and confidence between baseline and follow-up across all questionnaire domains. Satisfactory reliability estimates were found for the questionnaire.Conclusions: Completion of a critical care postgraduate certificate course significantly increased nurses' perceived competence and confidence. The Critical Care Competence and Confidence Questionnaire was found to be psychometrically sound for measuring nurses' self-reported competence and confidence.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
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- Nursing
- Competence
- Confidence
- Critical care
- Postgraduate
- Education
- Self-report
- Quasi- perimental
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