Gamze SARIKOC
University of Bilecik Seyh Edebali, Turkey
Title: NURSING STUDENT SELF EFFICACY SCALE†FOR GIVING THE INTENSIVE CARE PATIENT CARE: TURKISH VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
Biography
Biography: Gamze SARIKOC
Abstract
Aim: Nursing Student Self Efficacy Scale (NSSES) is a short and useful measure that could be used as an objective assessment to ICU patient, of the level of self-efficacy for nursing students. There is no measurement tool to evaluate the skills of nursing students in Turkey. Therefore, NSSES is made of Turkish validity and reliability of the scale in this study.
Method: The sample of the study is to create 284 nursing students. The students were asked to evaluate themselves by applying NSSES two weeks apart.
Results: First, NSSES was translated by the nursing professionals who know Turkish and English and two translation specialist. Then that language equivalency was evaluated by 8 people working as a faculty member in nursing. The original form of two-factor scale, which in our study was found to be the factor of 5. These factors are “Ventilation Intervations Qualifications”, “Basic Skills Competency”, “Intravenous Intervations Qualifications”, “Other Skills Competency” ve “Emergency Cardiac Interventions Qualifications”. Cronbach’s alpha for the NSSES was .91. The computed test-retest reliability coefficient was .66 (p≤0.05).
Conclusion: Results of this study showed that NSSES had a satisfactory level of reliability and validity in nursing students in Turkey.