Development of Critical Reflection Competency Scale for Clinical Nurses

Sujin Shin, Eunmin Hong, Jiyoung Do, Mee Sun Lee, Youngsun Jung and Inyoung Lee
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Sujin Shin: College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
Eunmin Hong: College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
Jiyoung Do: College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
Mee Sun Lee: College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
Youngsun Jung: Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea
Inyoung Lee: College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Critical reflection develops nurses’ critical thinking and clinical reasoning competency. It is necessary to develop a validated scale to measure critical reflection competency considering the clinical situation and nursing context. Therefore, this study analyzed the concept of critical reflection, developed a scale to measure critical reflection competency, and verified its validity and reliability. The concept of critical reflection and components of the scale were confirmed through literature review and results of previous studies on content analysis. A total of 64 preliminary items were derived on a 5-point Likert scale. The adequacy of vocabulary and expression was checked, and a content validity test was conducted. An I-CVI value of 0.88–1.00 was computed. Construct validity was conducted through an exploratory factor analysis, and data collected from 296 clinical nurses were analyzed. Five factors and nineteen items were derived, and the explanatory power was found to be 53.02%. Cronbach’s α of the scale was 0.853. Future studies need to develop a critical reflection education program and utilize this concept as an educational strategy. We propose a study to verify the effect of applying an educational program using the critical reflection competency scale developed in this study.

Keywords: critical reasoning; nurses; thinking; education; nursing education research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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