Title

Korean Nurses’ Core Competency Scale (KNCCS)

Detailed description

70 items, 5 subscales

49.94% of variances explained, Cronbach’s alpha = 0.97

Test-retest reliability alpha = 0.84, Item total correlation = 0.047 - 0.70

Subscales

1

2

3

4

5

Labeled names

Human understanding

& Communication skills

Professional

Attitudes

Critical thinking

and Evaluation

General

Clinical

Performance

Specific

Clinical

Performance

Number of items

21

13

14

13

9

% Variance explained

12.6%

11.2%

10.4%

8.6%

7.2%

Cronbach’s alpha coefficient

0.94

0.92

0.90

0.91

0.84

Factor loadings

0.35 - 0.66

0.44 - 0.73

0.43 - 0.66

0.34 - 0.69

0.08 - 0.61