2021, Cilt 8, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 043-050
Validity and Reliability of the Holistic Nursing Competence Scale
Emine SALDIROĞLU1, Gülengün TÜRK2
1Uzman Hemşire, Aydın Atatürk Devlet Hastanesi, Aydın, Türkiye
2Prof. Dr., Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Esasları Anabilim Dalı, Aydın, Türkiye
Keywords: Competence, nursing, reliability, scale, validity

Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of The Holistic Nursing Competence Scale.

Material and Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 384 nurses working in a university hospital (n = 203), and a state hospital (n = 181) in Aydın after the ethics committee and institution permissions were obtained. Language validity, content validity, and construct validity (KMO and Barlett Tests, factor analysis) were evaluated within the scope of validity analysis. As a result of the reliability analyses, descriptive characteristics of the scale items were determined, and internal consistency analyses (item analysis, split-half analysis, and calculation of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient) were performed.

Results: The content validity rate of each item in the scale was 0.8 and above, and the item averages ranged between 5.89 and 5.04. Items of the scale were grouped under three factors. It was determined that the item-total score correlation value of the scale ranged from 0.51 to 0.84 (p <.01), and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient was 0.98.

Conclusion: In this study, it was concluded that the Turkish version of the Holistic Nursing Competence Scale is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to assess the competence of nurses.