title: Initial Development of C.A.T.E.S.: A Simulation-Based Competency Assessment Instrument for Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determine content validity of global statements and operational definitions and choose scenarios for Competency, Assessment, Technology, Education, and Simulation (C.A.T.E.S.), instrument in development to evaluate multidimensional competency of neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Real-time Delphi (RTD) method to pursue four specific aims (SAs): (1) identify which cognitive, technical, or behavioral dimension of NNP competency accurately reflects each global statement; (2) map the global statements to the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP) core competency domains; (3) define operational definitions for the novice to expert performance subscales; and (4) determine the essential scenarios to assess NNPs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five NNPs and nurses with competency and simulation experience Main outcome variable: One hundred percent of global statements correct for competency dimension and all but two correct for NANNP domain. One hundred percent novice to expert operational definitions and eight scenarios chosen.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Content validity determined for global statements and novice to expert definitions and essential scenarios chosen.
authors.forename: Leigh Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cates
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armentrout
authors.forename: Terese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Verklan
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doughty
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D058996:Quality Improvement; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*