title: Patient Education Competence Scale for Registered Nurses in Taiwan: Scale development and psychometric validation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a valid and reliable self-assessment scale that can be used by registered nurses in Taiwan to completely measure their patient education competence.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Patient Education Competence Scale for Registered Nurses was developed by using expert reviews, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, criterion validity, and internal consistency and stability to test the construct validity and instrument stability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The exploratory factor analysis of the Patient Education Competence Scale for Registered Nurses from 133 responses revealed 24 items loading on two factors: implementation of patient education and preparation for patient education. The Patient Education Competence Scale for Registered Nurses correlated positively with the Clinical Teaching Competence Inventory. The Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.96 to 0.97 and the test-retest reliability ranged from 0.82 to 0.88.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The construct validity and internal consistency reliability of the Patient Education Competence Scale for Registered Nurses were supported. This scale reflected the characteristics of Taiwan's clinical nursing practice and it may be used to assess current patient education competence practice and the need for continuing education and study. However, additional research is needed to refine this scale and increase the possibility of generalizability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.|College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ruey-Hsia
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: instrument development; patient education; registered nurses; self-assessment; teaching competence