The construction and validation of an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses

Vieira, Maria Aparecida; Ohara, Conceição Vieira da Silva; Domenico, Edvane Birelo Lopes de

doi:10.1590/1518-8345.0834.2710

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Artigos Originais • Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 24 • 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.0834.2710 linkcopy

The construction and validation of an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses^¹

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Objective: to construct an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses and to validate this instrument through the consensus of specialists.

Method: methodological study. In order to elaborate the instrument, documental analysis and a literature review were undertaken. Validation took place through use of the Delphi Conference, between September 2012 and September 2013, in which 36 specialists from Brazilian Nursing participated. In order to analyze reliability, the Cronbach alpha coefficient, the item/total correlation, and the Pearson correlation coefficient were calculated.

Results: the instrument was constructed with the participation of specialist nurses representing all regions of Brazil, with experience in lecturing and research. The first Delphi round led to changes in the first instrument, which was restructured and submitted to another round, with a response rate of 94.44%. In the second round, the instrument was validated with a Cronbach alpha of 0.75.

Conclusion: the final instrument possessed three dimensions related to the characterization of the graduate, insertion in the job market, and evaluation of the professional training process. This instrument may be used across the territory of Brazil as it is based on the curricular guidelines and contributes to the process of regulation of the quality of the undergraduate courses in Nursing.

Descriptors:
Validation Studies; Nurses; Nursing Assessment; Education, Nursing

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[TFN1] *A nurse may be contracted on a variety of temporary or permanent bases, with significant differences in compensation and benefits. Translator's note.

Statistics of the scale		Mean of the indicator 8.42	Variance 34.993	Standard deviation 5.915	N. of items 3
Item	Statistical measurements item/total				N. of items 3
Item	The mean of the scale, if the item were excluded	Variants of the scale, if the item were excluded	Corrected correlation between item and total	Multiple correlation to the square	Alpha, if the item were excluded
Dimension 1	4.47	12.142	0.675	0.641	0.363
Dimension 2	5.64	18.580	0.382	0.185	0.777
Dimension 3	6.72	23.063	0.620	0.593	0.587
Alpha=0.694			Standardized items: alpha = 0.735

Description of the item	Cronbach alpha, if the item were excluded
Identification	0.728
Do you, as a nurse, have a job in the area of nursing?	0.729
How long after graduating did you obtain your first job as a nurse?	0.751
Indicate how you succeeded in obtaining your current job as a nurse. Provide more than one alternative, if necessary	0.726
As a nurse, what is the total weekly hourly workload in your job? Please sum the hours worked per week if you have more than one job	0.729
What is your monthly net income from the work you exercise as a nurse?	0.724
Indicate the type of professional links that you have as a nurse. Indicate more than one alternative if necessary*	0.718
In relation to your current job as a nurse, indicate the function which you hold. You can indicate more than one alternative, if necessary	0.716
In what mode of healthcare do you exercise your job as a nurse? Indicate more than one alternative, if necessary	0.714
What is the nature of the institution where you exercise your job as a nurse? Indicate more than one alternative, if necessary	0.729
Have you undertaken, or are you undertaking, another course? Indicate more than one alternative, if necessary	0.730
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing prepare you to exercise the professional activities inherent to your area of work to be capable of:	0.720
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing instrumentalize you to assist the human being holistically, and thus to be capable of:	0.704
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing provide you with a basis, regarding ethical issues in the exercising of the profession, for you to be capable of:	0.713
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing prepare you technically and scientifically, to be capable of:	0.719
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing encourage the exercising of citizenship, for you to be capable of:	0.686
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing prepare you to undertake teaching activities and be capable of:	0.714
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing prepare you to work in a team and be capable of:	0.694
Did the Undergraduate Course in Nursing enable you to undertake management activities in healthcare and be capable of:	0.717
Consider your current job in Nursing and, if you have more than one, judge the main one, to respond to the following: How do you feel in relation to the Academic Training received on the Undergraduate Course in Nursing and the requirements experienced in the labor market?	0.729
How would you evaluate the Practical Experiences (placements) which you undertook on the Undergraduate Course in Nursing in relation to preparation for exercising the profession?	0.742
What is your perception in relation to the process of Evaluation adopted in the Undergraduate Course in Nursing which you undertook?	0.711
As a nurse, what is your assessment regarding your pay in Nursing?	0.718
How satisfied are you with the professional activities which you undertake in the area of Nursing?	0.726
How satisfied are you with being a nurse?	0.730
Considering your current professional perspectives, how would you evaluate the Undergraduate Course in Nursing which you undertook?	0.725
Alpha = 0.729	Standardized items: alpha = 0.750

The construction and validation of an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses1

The construction and validation of an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses^¹