Traynor Marian, Neill Colin Mc, Roulston Audrey
School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, N. Ireland.
Identity Exploration Ltd, 50 Stranmillis Embankment, Belfast, Co Antrim, N. Ireland.
BMC Nurs. 2022 Jun 17;21(1):157. doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-00919-w.
A review of admissions to nursing in Northern Ireland was prompted by the growing number of applications and a desire to ensure that the applicants had the right values for a career in nursing. Concerns regarding authorship, plagiarism and reliability of personal statements used to select applicants to interview was the focus of this research. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of a Personal Statement (PS) as a method for admission to a nursing programme and a values-based psychological screening tool, Nurse Match (NM).
A self-selecting, purposive sample (n = 228; 9.7%) was drawn from applicants to Schools of Nursing in the United Kingdom (n = 2350). Participants all of whom had completed a Personal Statement were asked to complete a psychological tool and the scoring outcomes and psychometric properties of both tests were investigated. Statistical analysis was conducted using Minitab 17.
Applicants from 18 schools and five colleges responded. The majority (72.4%) were aged 18-19. Findings provide practical, theoretical, statistical, and qualitative reasons for concluding that the Personal Statement has substantial limitations as a measure of suitability. It does not compare well with international test standards for psychometric tests. In contrast, NM is a valid and reliable measure with good discriminatory power, standardised administration and consistent marking.
NM is a viable alternative to the PS for shortlisting applicants for nursing interviews.
由于申请护理专业的人数不断增加，且希望确保申请者具备从事护理职业所需的正确价值观，因此对北爱尔兰护理专业招生情况进行了审查。本研究的重点是对用于选拔面试申请者的个人陈述的作者身份、抄袭问题及可靠性的担忧。本研究评估了个人陈述（PS）作为护理专业入学方法及基于价值观的心理筛查工具“护士匹配”（NM）的心理测量特性。
从英国护理学院的申请者中抽取了一个自我选择的目的样本（n = 228；9.7%）（申请者总数n = 2350）。所有完成个人陈述的参与者都被要求完成一项心理测试工具，并对两项测试的评分结果和心理测量特性进行调查。使用Minitab 17进行统计分析。
来自18所学校和5所学院的申请者做出了回应。大多数（72.4%）年龄在18 - 19岁之间。研究结果提供了实践、理论、统计和定性方面的理由，可据此得出结论：个人陈述作为衡量适用性的方法存在重大局限性。它与心理测量测试的国际标准相比表现不佳。相比之下，“护士匹配”是一种有效且可靠的测量方法，具有良好的区分能力、标准化管理和一致的评分。
“护士匹配”是用于筛选护理面试申请者的个人陈述的可行替代方法。
