title: [Development of a task performance evaluation instrument for clinical nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument of task performance evaluation for clinical nurses, thus testing the validity and the reliability of the scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected from 84 Head Nurses and 255 General Nurses. A conceptual framework, composed of 4 factors of meaning in task performance evaluation, was identified through review of the relevant literature. A total of 78 items were developed and were used on a five-point likert scale. Through factor analysis, items whose factor loading was below 0.50 were deleted, thus 35 items remained. To test the validity and reliability of the instrument, the SPSS 11.0 windows program was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of the factor analysis indicated that 4 factors were classified and the cumulative percent of variance was 67.54%. The results of the reliability test indicated that Cronbach's coefficient of the total 35 items was over 0.9176. The results of the factor analysis indicated that factor loadings of all items was over 0.50. Conclusively, the validity and the reliability of the scale were proven.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study was identified as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Center, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Ok
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Paik
authors.forename: Sang-Sook
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Sang-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis