University of Eastern Finland, Department of Nursing Science, Kuopio, Finland; JAMK University of Applied Sciences, School of Health and Social Studies, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
University of Eastern Finland, Department of Nursing Science, Kuopio, Finland.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2020 Mar;44:102763. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102763. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
Several studies have advocated for having gerontological nurse teachers with special commitment to implement an aged-friendly curriculum, in order to facilitate student nurses' interest in gerontology careers. However, there is no existing instrument to assess whether gerontological nurse teachers possess such competences. This study describes the development and validation of an instrument for assessing the competence of gerontological nurse teachers. A total of 43 items categorized into seven constructs for the Gerontological Nurse Teacher Scale (GeNTS) emerged from the literature review in 2017. Experts (N = 19) then participated in a two-round Delphi feedback for content validity in May 2018. A pre-pilot study was then undertaken in October 2018 among undergraduate nursing students (n = 7) to ensure readability and understandability, followed by a pilot study on undergraduate nursing students (n = 196) for psychometric assessment. Based on experts' feedback and psychometric assessment, the final version of GeNTS consists of 33 items across five constructs namely: knowledge and interest; theoretical course and practical training development; leadership; gerontology career promotion and concerns about aging. The items are score on a five-point Likert scale from 1 = completely disagree to 5 = completely agree.
已有多项研究提倡让老年护理学教师具备特殊的承诺，以实施以老年友善为导向的课程，从而促进护生对老年护理职业的兴趣。然而，目前还没有评估老年护理学教师是否具备此类能力的工具。本研究旨在描述一种评估老年护理学教师能力的工具的开发和验证。2017 年，通过文献回顾共产生了 43 个条目，分为七个结构，形成了老年护理学教师量表（GeNTS）。2018 年 5 月，专家（N=19）参与了两轮德尔菲法反馈，以评估内容的有效性。2018 年 10 月，对本科护理学生（n=7）进行了预试点研究，以确保可读性和可理解性，随后对本科护理学生（n=196）进行了试点研究，以进行心理测量评估。基于专家的反馈和心理测量评估，GeNTS 的最终版本包含 33 个条目，分为五个结构：知识和兴趣；理论课程和实践培训的开发；领导力；老年护理职业推广和对老龄化的关注。这些条目是在五点李克特量表上进行评分的，1=完全不同意，5=完全同意。
