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. 2014 Oct;22(5):709-15.
doi: 10.1590/0104-1169.3295.2471.

Students' satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences: validation of an assessment scale

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Rui Carlos Negrão Baptista  1 , José Carlos Amado Martins  2 , Maria Fátima Carneiro Ribeiro Pereira  3 , Alessandra Mazzo  4
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Students' satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences: validation of an assessment scale

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Rui Carlos Negrão Baptista et al. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: Validate an assessment instrument of nursing students' satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences.

Method: A 17-item scale was applied to students from the Teaching Diploma Program in Nursing, after a set of simulated clinical experiences. Factorial analysis with orthogonal varimax rotation was used, and the internal consistency was estimated to determine the validity of the scale.

Results: In a sample of 181 students, we found a high correlation between practically all items and the total scale, with an Alpha coefficient of 0.914. The scale items were divided in three factors: practical dimension, realism dimension and cognitive dimension, with good internal consistency coefficients of 0.89; 0.88 and 0.73, respectively.

Conclusion: The scale complies with the validity requisites, revealing a high potential for use in research.

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