Self-Perceived Clinical Competence of Nurses in Different Working Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Background
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Data Collection Procedures
2.2. Sample Size
2.3. Data Analysis
2.4. Ethical Consideration
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations
4.2. Implications for Nursing Practice
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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VAS Scale | Likert Scale | |||||
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Dimension of the NCS | α * | ICC | 95% CI | α * | ICC | 95% CI |
Helping Role | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.92–0.94 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.85–0.89 |
Teaching Coaching | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.95–0.96 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.93–0.94 |
Diagnostic Functions | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.90–0.93 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.84–0.88 |
Managing Situations | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.91–0.93 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.84–0.88 |
Therapeutic Interventions | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.94–0.95 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.90–0.93 |
Ensuring Quality | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.94–0.95 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.87–0.91 |
Work Role | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.95–0.96 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.91–0.93 |
Characteristic | N | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 158 | 36.66 |
Female | 270 | 62.65 |
Undeclared | 3 | 0.7 |
Age (years) | ||
Average (SD) | 43.8 (10.6) | |
Title | ||
Nurse | 399 | 92.58 |
Nurse Coordinator | 26 | 6.03 |
Nurse Manager | 3 | 0.7 |
Undeclared | 3 | 0.7 |
Work Settings Investigated | ||
Medicine | 94 | 21.81 |
Critical Area | 82 | 19.03 |
Surgical Area | 80 | 18.56 |
Emergency/Urgency Area | 78 | 18.1 |
Ambulatory | 31 | 7.19 |
Other | 29 | 6.73 |
Undeclared | 37 | 8.58 |
Basic Education | ||
Professional Degree | 217 | 50.35 |
University Degree Courses | 207 | 47.49 |
Undeclared | 7 | 1.62 |
Post-Basic Education | ||
None | 7 | 0.46 |
Specialist Postgraduate Course | 117 | 27.5 |
Master’s Degree | 17 | 3.94 |
Master’s Degree in Other Fields | 12 | 2.78 |
Undeclared | 278 | 64.5 |
Years of Service | ||
Average (SD) | 19.08 (11.02) | |
0–3 years | 49 | 11.37 |
4–10 years | 68 | 15.78 |
>10 years | 303 | 70.30 |
Undeclared | 11 | 2.55 |
Years of Service in the Same Operative Unit | ||
Average (SD) | 9.2 (7.7) |
Dimension of the NCS | Average * | SD | Very Often (LS Response from 3.5 to 4) | Occasionally (LS Response from 2.5 to 3.4) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Average (SD) | Average (SD) | |||
Overall | 74.8 | 13.8 | 81.8 (9.2) | 74.1 (11.4) |
Helping Role | 72.9 | 15.7 | 79.7 (10.4) | 70.7 (14.9) |
Teaching Coaching | 73.7 | 15.0 | 80.9 (9.5) | 73.5 (11.7) |
Diagnostic Functions | 72.6 | 16.2 | 80.4 (10.7) | 71.9 (13.5) |
Managing Situations | 77.9 | 13.7 | 81.8 (10.4) | 75.3 (14.3) |
Therapeutic Interventions | 76.1 | 15.0 | 82.4 (10.2) | 73.6 (13.7) |
Ensuring Quality | 72.9 | 17.4 | 80.1 (11.7) | 73.5 (12.7) |
Work Role | 77.6 | 13.5 | 83.3 (10.2) | 75.3 (12.1) |
Dimension of the NCS | Average | SD | Very Often | Occasionally | p-Value * |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(LS Response from 3.5 to 4) | (LS Response from 2.5 to 3.4) | ||||
Average (SD) | Average (SD) | ||||
Years of service 0–3; n = 49 | |||||
Overall | 68.4 | 11.6 | 76.7 (7.7) | 67.2 (11.3) | <0.001 |
Helping Role | 65.6 | 13.8 | 70.0 (8.1) | 64.9 (13.5) | <0.001 |
Teaching Coaching | 69.2 | 12.6 | 76.6 (7.7) | 67.9 (11.0) | 0.003 |
Diagnostic Functions | 67.1 | 12.8 | 71.8 (12.8) | 65.2 (12.1) | 0.001 |
Managing Situations | 71.2 | 12.5 | 77.1 (10.5) | 66.7 (11.7) | <0.001 |
Therapeutic Interventions | 68.7 | 13.0 | 80.0 (9.1) | 64.6 (9.7) | <0.001 |
Ensuring Quality | 65.3 | 15.3 | 78.3 (12.1) | 65.1 (11.8) | <0.001 |
Work Role | 71.8 | 11.7 | 76.1 (11.9) | 70.7 (11.3) | <0.001 |
Years of service 4–10; n = 68 | |||||
Overall | 76.6 | 15.0 | 81.5 (10.1) | 78.2 (9.0) | <0.001 |
Helping Role | 75.3 | 15.1 | 79.4 (12.0) | 76.6 (11.5) | <0.001 |
Teaching Coaching | 75.4 | 16.2 | 79.8 (9.5) | 76.5 (11.6) | 0.003 |
Diagnostic Functions | 74.9 | 16.2 | 80.4 (11.3) | 75.4 (10.3) | 0.001 |
Managing Situations | 79.7 | 13.6 | 83.5 (10.3) | 78.0 (14.0) | <0.001 |
Therapeutic Interventions | 77.9 | 16.3 | 84.7 (10.2) | 76.4 (10.4) | <0.001 |
Ensuring Quality | 73.6 | 19.9 | 82.4 (11.3) | 71.8 (12.9) | <0.001 |
Work Role | 79.0 | 15.3 | 84.5 (9.7) | 78.3 (11.0) | <0.001 |
Years of Service >10; n = 303 | |||||
Overall | 75.5 | 13.8 | 82.5 (9.0) | 74.9 (11.4) | <0.001 |
Helping Role | 73.6 | 15.8 | 80.9 (9.7) | 70.7 (15.2) | <0.001 |
Teaching Coaching | 73.9 | 15.1 | 81.7 (9.6) | 74.2 (11.5) | 0.003 |
Diagnostic Functions | 73.0 | 16.7 | 81.6 (10.1) | 72.5 (14.2) | 0.001 |
Managing Situations | 78.8 | 13.7 | 82.3 (10.3) | 76.4 (14.5) | <0.001 |
Therapeutic Interventions | 76.9 | 14.9 | 82.2 (10.4) | 74.7 (14.7) | <0.001 |
Ensuring Quality | 73.9 | 17.1 | 79.9 (12.0) | 76.0 (12.1) | <0.001 |
Work Role | 78.3 | 13.3 | 83.9 (10.0) | 75.7 (12.3) | <0.001 |
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Notarnicola, I.; Ivziku, D.; Tartaglini, D.; Filomeno, L.; Gualandi, R.; Ricci, S.; Lommi, M.; Porcelli, B.; Raffaele, B.; Montini, G.; et al. Self-Perceived Clinical Competence of Nurses in Different Working Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare 2023, 11, 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212808
Notarnicola I, Ivziku D, Tartaglini D, Filomeno L, Gualandi R, Ricci S, Lommi M, Porcelli B, Raffaele B, Montini G, et al. Self-Perceived Clinical Competence of Nurses in Different Working Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare. 2023; 11(21):2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212808
Chicago/Turabian StyleNotarnicola, Ippolito, Dhurata Ivziku, Daniela Tartaglini, Lucia Filomeno, Raffaella Gualandi, Simona Ricci, Marzia Lommi, Barbara Porcelli, Barbara Raffaele, Graziella Montini, and et al. 2023. "Self-Perceived Clinical Competence of Nurses in Different Working Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study" Healthcare 11, no. 21: 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212808