TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing and testing the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self‐Assessment Tool for student nurses and midwives
AU - Giske, Tove
AU - Schep‐Akkerman, Annemiek
AU - Bø, Bodil
AU - Cone, Pamela H.
AU - Moene Kuven, Britt
AU - Mcsherry, Wilfred
AU - Owusu, Benson
AU - Ueland, Venke
AU - Lassche‐Scheffer, Joanne
AU - van Leeuwen, Rene
AU - Ross, Linda
N1 - © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/3/14
Y1 - 2022/3/14
N2 - Aims and objectives: To develop and psychometrically test a self-assessment tool that measures undergraduate nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of spiritual care competence in health care practice. Background: Spiritual care is part of nurses/midwives’ responsibility. There is a need to better benchmark students’ competency development in spiritual care through their education. The EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard served as groundwork for the development of the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool. Design: Cross sectional, mixed methods design. A STROBE checklist was used. Methods: The Tool (available in English, Dutch and Norwegian) was developed by an international group. It was tested between July–October 2020 with a convenience sample of 323 nursing/midwifery students at eight universities in five countries. The Tool was tested for validity using Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) test, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA and independent samples t test. The reliability was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The KMO test for sampling adequacy was 0.90. All, but two, items were related to the same factor. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Tool was 0.91. Students found the Tool easy to use, and they gained new insights by completing it. However, students felt that some questions were repetitive and took time to complete. Conclusions: The Tool has construct and discriminant validity, and high internal consistency (is reliable). In addition, students found the Tool useful, especially in early stages of education. Relevance to clinical practice: The Tool affords student nurses and midwives the opportunity to self-evaluate their knowledge, skills and attitudes about spirituality and spiritual care. The Tool offers students, educators and preceptors in clinical practice a tangible way of discussing and evaluating spiritual care competency.
AB - Aims and objectives: To develop and psychometrically test a self-assessment tool that measures undergraduate nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of spiritual care competence in health care practice. Background: Spiritual care is part of nurses/midwives’ responsibility. There is a need to better benchmark students’ competency development in spiritual care through their education. The EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard served as groundwork for the development of the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool. Design: Cross sectional, mixed methods design. A STROBE checklist was used. Methods: The Tool (available in English, Dutch and Norwegian) was developed by an international group. It was tested between July–October 2020 with a convenience sample of 323 nursing/midwifery students at eight universities in five countries. The Tool was tested for validity using Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) test, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA and independent samples t test. The reliability was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The KMO test for sampling adequacy was 0.90. All, but two, items were related to the same factor. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Tool was 0.91. Students found the Tool easy to use, and they gained new insights by completing it. However, students felt that some questions were repetitive and took time to complete. Conclusions: The Tool has construct and discriminant validity, and high internal consistency (is reliable). In addition, students found the Tool useful, especially in early stages of education. Relevance to clinical practice: The Tool affords student nurses and midwives the opportunity to self-evaluate their knowledge, skills and attitudes about spirituality and spiritual care. The Tool offers students, educators and preceptors in clinical practice a tangible way of discussing and evaluating spiritual care competency.
KW - spiritual care competency
KW - spiritual care
KW - instrument development
KW - nursing/midwifery competences
KW - nursing/midwifery students
KW - psychometric testing
U2 - 10.1111/jocn.16261
DO - 10.1111/jocn.16261
M3 - Article
C2 - 35285563
SN - 0962-1067
VL - 00
JO - Journal of Clinical Nursing
JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing
IS - 00
M1 - 16261
ER -