Nurse Competence Scale - Psychometric testing in a Norwegian context

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-29

  Wangensteen, Sigrid ^a   Johansson, Inger S ^a,b   Nordström, Gun ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Nurse competence; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925010751     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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