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Assessing non-technical skills in undergraduate nursing students: a validation study

Published:2022-01-01 Issue:1 Volume:19 Page:
ISSN:2194-5772
Container-title:International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
language:en
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Author:

Marcomini Ilaria¹^ORCID,Terzoni Stefano²,di Nuzzo Roberta³,Milani Laura³,Destrebecq Anne⁴

Affiliation:

1. University of Rome Tor Vergata , Rome , Italy

2. San Paolo Bachelor School of Nursing , University of Milan , Milan , Italy

3. Crema Bachelor School of Nursing , University of Milan , Milan , Italy

4. University of Milan , Milan , Italy

Abstract

Abstract Objectives Non-technical skills (NTS) are fundamental to the nursing profession to ensure safe, quality care. Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a new instrument to assess NTS among nursing students: the Non-Technical Skills Student Evaluation (NTS-SE) tool. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to test the psychometric properties of the tool. A number of 1,087 nursing students were enrolled from five Bachelor Schools of Nursing. Results Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis suggested the suitability of a two-factor model. The final version of the NTS-SE consisted of 23 items distributed in two domains: cognitive skills and interpersonal skills. For each domain, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were above 0.94. There were significant differences in scores between second- and third-year students (p<0.001) and among the different nursing schools (p<0.001). Conclusions The NTS-SE can be useful when assessing the effect of educational strategies and/or clinical traineeship experiences on the acquisition of NTS.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Education,General Nursing

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijnes-2021-0107/pdf

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