Development of a Scale to Evaluate Professional Discharge Planning Ability among Nurses

Abstract

Aim aim of this study was to develop a scale for use in evaluating professional ability among nurses to successfully implement discharge planning Nurses Discharge Planning Ability Scale, or NDPAS. MethodA questionnaire survey of 819 nurses in charge of discharge planning was conducted with 62 questions based on the concept of competency by McClelland 1973. Appropriate questions were selected from the outcomes, and the reliability and validity of the scale were investigated. ResultsA total of 461 Discharge Planning Nurses DPNs took part in the analysis response rate 56.3. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, four factors and 24 questions were constructed. Cronbachs for the overall scale was 0.942, and the corresponding values for the subscales ranged from 0.827 to 0.885. Connrmatory factor analysis showed that the scale was suitable for evaluation. As expected, there was a notable correlation between some subscales of Discharge Planning Process Evaluation Measurement DCP-PEM and Self-Assessment Inventory of Leadership role for staa nurses SAIL. Conclusione results of the study connrmed the scales internal consistency, construction validity and concurrent validity. As the metric successfully highlights the four characteristic ability factors of DPNs, it can be considered highly practical and useful for the development of such nursing staa.