title: Design of a Competency Evaluation Model for Clinical Nursing Practicum, Based on Standardized Language Systems: Psychometric Validation Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop an evaluation system of clinical competencies for the practicum of nursing students based on the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychometric validation study: the first two phases addressed definition and content validation, and the third phase consisted of a cross-sectional study for analyzing reliability. The study population was undergraduate nursing students and clinical tutors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Through the Delphi technique, 26 competencies and 91 interventions were isolated. Cronbach's α was 0.96. Factor analysis yielded 18 factors that explained 68.82% of the variance. Overall inter-item correlation was 0.26, and total-item correlation ranged between 0.66 and 0.19.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A competency system for the nursing practicum, structured on the NIC, is a reliable method for assessing and evaluating clinical competencies. Further evaluations in other contexts are needed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The availability of standardized language systems in the nursing discipline supposes an ideal framework to develop the nursing curricula.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Geriatric Nursing, Department of Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Iglesias-Parra
authors.affiliation: Coordinator of Community Nursing Services, Health Centre Colonia Santa Inés-Teatinos, District of Primary Health Care of Málaga, and Clinical Lecturer, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Research associate, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-3850
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Mayor
authors.affiliation: Research associate, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Shakira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaknani-Uttumchandani
authors.affiliation: Research associate, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: León-Campos
authors.affiliation: Director of the Department of Nursing and Podiatry, Professor of Research and Evidence Based Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morales-Asencio
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Clinical teaching (health education); competency-based education; nursing education; performance; practicums; student evaluation