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 |