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Development and Validation of the Ambulance Nurse Competence Scale
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- Nilsson, Jan, 1963- (author)
- Sophiahemmet Högskola,Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper (from 2013),Sophiahemmet högskola
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- Johansson, Susanne (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper (from 2013)
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- Nordström, Gun (author)
- Høgskolen i Innlandet, Norway
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- Wilde-Larsson, Bodil, 1951- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper (from 2013),Høgskolen i Innlandet, Norway
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- Elsevier, 2020
- 2020
- English.
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In: Journal of Emergency Nursing. - : Elsevier. - 0099-1767 .- 1527-2966. ; 46:1, s. 34-43
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- Introduction: In recent decades, major competency shifts have taken place in prehospital care in Sweden because staffing ambulances with registered/specialized nurses has become a priority. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new instrument to measure the self-reported professional competency of specialist ambulance nursing students and registered/specialist nurses working in prehospital care. Methods: This study used a quantitative cross-sectional design to evaluate psychometric properties of a new instrument. The sample included 179 registered/specialist ambulance nurses and 34 specialist ambulance nursing students. Results: The analyses resulted in the Ambulance Nurse Competence (ANC) scale, consisting of 43 items and covering 8 factors: Nursing Care (n = 8), Value-based Nursing Care (n = 5), Medical Technical Care (n = 5), Care Environment's Community (n = 4), Care Environment's Serious Events (n = 8), Leadership Management (n = 3), Supervision and Professional Conduct (n = 4), and Research and Development (n = 6). All factors except Leadership Management achieved a Cronbach's alpha value greater than 0.71, explaining 59.62% of the total variance. Discussion: The ANC scale was systematically tested and showed satisfactory psychometrical properties. The ANC scale can be used in the education programs of future registered/specialist ambulance nurses as a tool for self-reflected learning and could also be of potential use in identifying competence gaps in registered/specialist ambulance nurses, which could direct the design of introductory programs. The scale could also be used as an outcome measure together with other instruments.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Ambulance nurse
- Competencies
- Prehospital
- Psychometric properties
- Scale development
- Specialist nurse
- Nursing Science
- Omvårdnad
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