International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To develop and validate the nursing informatics competency scale for undergraduate nursing students. Methods The primary item pool was constructed according to the literature review and semi-structured interview method and group discussion. The initial scale was founded by 2 rounds of expert letter consultation using the Delphi method and pre-investigation. Convenience sampling was used to select 228 undergraduate nursing students in Zhejiang Province for a survey. The item analysis, reliability, and validity of the scale were tested. Results The nursing informatics competency scale included basic computer competency, information knowledge and skill, information management competency, information law and safety, and information attitude. The scale consisted of 5 dimensions and 36 items, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 79.949%. The content validity index was 0.960 for the overall scale, and between 0.800 and 1.000 for the items. The Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.973. The half-fold reliability was 0.901, and the retest reliability was 0.822. Conclusion The nursing informatics competency scale for undergraduate nursing students has good reliability and validity. It can be used to assess the level of nursing informatics competency for undergraduate nursing students.

Undergraduate; Nursing Informatics Competency; Scale; Reliability; Validity