title: Psychometric evaluation of the Clinical Skills Self-Efficacy Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study uses self-efficacy as a theoretical framework for clinical skills instruction.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Questions remain regarding the mechanism through which instruction on clinical skills in simulated laboratory settings enables students to successfully incorporate these skills in a clinical setting. Research is needed to determine what type of simulated instruction motivates students to successfully transfer clinical skills learned in a simulated laboratory to patients in a clinical setting. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to psychometrically evaluate an instrument designed to measure clinical skills self-efficacy in nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The instrument was administered to 191 sophomore, junior, and senior-level nursing students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study provides beginning evidence to support the psychometric properties of the investigator-developed Clinical Self-Efficacy Scales (CSES).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research needs to focus on investigating the relationship between increased self-efficacy and the successful enactment of clinical skills.
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Oetker-Black
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreye
authors.forename: Sherrie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: DeMetro
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires