Sung Hae Kim; Jae Hyun Park

doi:10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.632

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Development and Validation of a Tool for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy: Sung Hae Kim, Jae Hyun Park; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012;42(5):632-643.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.632
Published online: October 31, 2012

¹Department of Medical Education, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul Center for Innovation in Nursing Education, Chung Ang University Red Cross College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Medical Education, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Sung Hae. Department of Medical Education, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Korea. Tel: +82-2-961-9102, Fax: +82-2-969-6958, sunghae.kim@khu.ac.kr

• Received: January 9, 2012 • Accepted: September 19, 2012

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Abstract

Purpose
This study was done to develop tool to evaluate the core competencies regarding nursing cancer patients on chemotherapy, and to verify the reliability and efficacy of the developed tool.
Methods
A tool to evaluate the core competencies was developed from a preliminary tool consisting of 112 items verified by expert groups. The adequacy of the preliminary tool was analyzed and refined to the final evaluation tool containing 76 items in 8 core competencies and 18 specific competencies. The evaluation tool is in the form of a self-report, and each item is evaluated according to a 3-point scale. From September 22 to October 14, 2011, 349 survey responses were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 and the WINSTEPS program that employs the Rasch model.
Results
Results indicated that there were no inappropriate items and the items had low levels of difficulty in comparison with the knowledge levels of the study participants. The results of factor analysis yielded 18 factors, and the reliability of the tools was very high with Cronbach's α=.97.
Conclusion
The results of this study can be used for training and evaluation of core competencies for nursing cancer patients, and for standardizing nursing practices associated with chemotherapy.
Keywords: Chemotherapy; Cancer; Nursing; Competence; Assessment

This article is a revision of the first author's master's thesis from Kyung Hee University.

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Research procedure.

Figure 2

Item person map of evaluating core competencies for nursing cancer patients on chemotherapy (N=307).

Figure 3

Provability curves of evaluating core competencies for nursing cancer patients on chemotherapy.

Table 1

Item for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy

Table 2

General Characteristics of Participants (N=349)

Table 3

The Result of Item Difficulty (N=307)

MNSQ=Mean square fit statistic; ZSTD=Z-standardized.

^*Most difficult 10 items; ^†Least difficult 10 items.

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Development and Validation of a Tool for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2012;42(5):632-643. Published online October 31, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.632

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Development and Validation of a Tool for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy

Figure 1 Research procedure.

Figure 2 Item person map of evaluating core competencies for nursing cancer patients on chemotherapy (N=307).

Figure 3 Provability curves of evaluating core competencies for nursing cancer patients on chemotherapy.

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Development and Validation of a Tool for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy

Table 1

Item for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy

Table 2

General Characteristics of Participants (N=349)

Table 3

The Result of Item Difficulty (N=307)

MNSQ=Mean square fit statistic; ZSTD=Z-standardized.

^*Most difficult 10 items; ^†Least difficult 10 items.

Table 1 Item for Evaluating Core Competencies in Nursing Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy

Table 2 General Characteristics of Participants (N=349)

Table 3 The Result of Item Difficulty (N=307)

MNSQ=Mean square fit statistic; ZSTD=Z-standardized.

^*Most difficult 10 items; ^†Least difficult 10 items.