Students' satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences: validation of an assessment scale

Authors

  • Rui Carlos Negrão Baptista Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
  • José Carlos Amado Martins Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
  • Maria Fátima Carneiro Ribeiro Pereira Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação
  • Alessandra Mazzo Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3295.2471

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: validate an assessment instrument of nursing students' satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences. METHOD: a 17-item scale was applied to students from the Teaching Diploma Program in Nursing, after a set of simulated clinical experiences. Factorial analysis with orthogonal varimax rotation was used, and the internal consistency was estimated to determine the validity of the scale. RESULTS: in a sample of 181 students, we found a high correlation between practically all items and the total scale, with an Alpha coefficient of 0.914. The scale items were divided in three factors: practical dimension, realism dimension and cognitive dimension, with good internal consistency coefficients of 0.89; 0.88 and 0.73, respectively. CONCLUSION: the scale complies with the validity requisites, revealing a high potential for use in research.

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Published

2014-10-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 5 (2014)

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Students’ satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences: validation of an assessment scale . (2014). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 22(5), 709-715. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3295.2471