Park JinKyung, Seomun GyeongAe
BK21FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health Systems, College of Nursing, Korea University, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
West J Nurs Res. 2021 Jul;43(7):686-697. doi: 10.1177/0193945920969929. Epub 2020 Nov 6.
Nurses are the most important health care personnel for medication safety. A scale to measure nurse medication competency, such as the Medication Safety Competence Scale (MSCS), would move research forward. Preliminary items were developed through a literature review and in-depth interviews. Content validity was established by ten experts. Nurses (n = 607) participated in a survey to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and correlation analyses were conducted to assess construct, concurrent, and criterion validity. The 36 items and 6 factors were derived with the exploratory factor analysis, which accounted for 63.2% of the variance. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the hypothesized factor structure was a good fit. Criterion and discriminant validity were present. The internal consistency of the MSCS was .97, and the test-retest reliability was .78. The MSCS is a valid and reliable instrument to measure nurses' medication safety competence.
护士是确保用药安全最为重要的医护人员。一个用于衡量护士用药能力的量表，比如用药安全能力量表（MSCS），将推动该领域的研究发展。初步条目是通过文献综述和深度访谈制定的。由十位专家确定了内容效度。607名护士参与了一项调查，以评估该量表的效度和信度。进行了探索性和验证性因素分析以及相关性分析，以评估结构效度、同时效度和效标效度。通过探索性因素分析得出了36个条目和6个因子，它们解释了63.2%的方差。验证性因素分析表明，假设的因子结构拟合良好。存在效标效度和区分效度。MSCS的内部一致性为0.97，重测信度为0.78。MSCS是一个有效且可靠的用于测量护士用药安全能力的工具。
