A validation study: simulations as a measure of nurse practitioners' problem-solving skills.
A national sample of 79 masters- and certificate-prepared family and adult nurse practitioners completed six instruments designed to validate one type of clinical simulation, patient management problems (PMPs). The instruments were: a self-chart audit, self-evaluation rating scale, colleague evaluation rating scale, multiple-choice examination. PMP simulation, and demographic questionnaire. Use of a multitrait-multimethod correlation matrix, a multivariate analysis of covariance, and a stepwise multiple regression analysis provided modest evidence to support the claim that the PMP simulation is a valid measure of the construct clinical problem solving. In fact, a multiple-choice examination appeared to be an equal, if not superior, instrument.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D005717:Games, Experimental; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D011340:Problem Solving; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States