Title

Development Of The Obstetric Nursing Self-Efficacy Scale Instrument

Keywords

Instrument development; Obstetric Nursing Self-Efficacy (ONSE); Obstetric simulation; Self-efficacy instrument; Simulation evaluation

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study is the development of the Obstetric Nursing Self-Efficacy (ONSE) Scale instrument and the reporting of psychometric data gathered from a pilot completed in fall 2009 at 2 major universities. Method: The ONSE is an 18-item instrument designed with the use of Bandura's social-cognitive theory. Instrument development consisted of 2 rounds of expert review. The average content validity index of the scale was .91. Results: For preliminary reliability testing, students (N = 20) completed the ONSE survey after participating in a 45-hour clinical rotation in obstetric nursing. A range of split-half reliability scores was calculated at .85 to .96. For preliminary validity testing, students (N = 46) completed the ONSE pre- and postsimulation. Paired t tests revealed a statistically significant improvement in self-efficacy scores for both pre- and posttest scores. Conclusion: The findings were encouraging for initial validity and reliability testing of the ONSE as an instrument to measure self-efficacy of students caring for obstetric patients. © 2012.

Publication Date

7-1-2012

Publication Title

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volume

8

Issue

6

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2011.01.007

Socpus ID

84863780032 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84863780032

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