Designing and Validating Tool for AssessingClinical Instructors' performance at Technical Institutes of Nursing

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1 faculty of nursing, port said university

2 Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

3 Professor of nursing administration Faculty of nursing portsaid university

4 nursing administration, faculty of nursing, port said university

Abstract

background: The clinical instructors are an essential link between the academic program and clinical practice. By promoting critical thinking, assisting in the development of problem-solving skills, fostering independence, enhancing competency and confidence, and helping students to improve their clinical skills, and performance.This study aims to: design and validate tool to assess clinical instructors' performance at technical institutes of nursing.Design: Methodological design was utilized. Settings:This study was conducted at faculties of nursing at:  port said university, Alexandra university, Ain shams university, Cairo university.   Subject:Experts group from nursing faculty members. Tools:The data was collected using: an experts' opinion sheet.Results: Findings of this study revealed that from 65 items and 21 sub-items: 47 items and 13 sub-items had high values of content validity ratio; those items are valid  and remained in the tool. Also, Those items had excellent reliability coefficient (r = 0.968), and Cronbach's alpha for this tool indicated excellent internal consistency. Conclusion: This article concluded that the proposed assessment tool had an appropriate level of validity and reliability.Recommendations: Based on the findings of this study, recommended that: Managers of the Technical Institutes of Nursing should use the proposed assessment tool to evaluate clinical instructors' performance to incorporate unused behaviors into their practice.
 

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 1
June 2020
Pages 231-256

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