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Development and testing of the CALDs and CLES+T scales for international nursing students' clinical learning environments.
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Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) . Aug2017, Vol. 73 Issue 8, p1997-2011. 15p. 5 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Aim The purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the new Cultural and Linguistic Diversity scale, which is designed to be used with the newly validated Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher scale for assessing international nursing students' clinical learning environments. Background In various developed countries, clinical placements are known to present challenges in the professional development of international nursing students. Design A cross-sectional survey. Methods Data were collected from eight Finnish universities of applied sciences offering nursing degree courses taught in English during 2015-2016. All the relevant students ( N = 664) were invited and 50% chose to participate. Of the total data submitted by the participants, 28% were used for scale validation. The construct validity of the two scales was tested by exploratory factor analysis, while their validity with respect to convergence and discriminability was assessed using Spearman's correlation. Results Construct validation of the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher scale yielded an eight-factor model with 34 items, while validation of the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity scale yielded a five-factor model with 21 items. Conclusion A new scale was developed to improve evidence-based mentorship of international nursing students in clinical learning environments. The instrument will be useful to educators seeking to identify factors that affect the learning of international students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PSYCHOMETRICS
*SCHOOL environment
*STATISTICAL correlation
*DISCRIMINANT analysis
*TEST validity
*EXPERIMENTAL design
*FACTOR analysis
*RESEARCH methodology
*NURSING education
*NURSING students
*CULTURAL pluralism
*RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
*RESEARCH funding
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*STATISTICS
*FOREIGN students
*SURVEYS
*MATHEMATICAL variables
*CLINICAL competence
*DATA analysis
*MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
*CROSS-sectional method
*RESEARCH methodology evaluation
*DATA analysis software
*MEDICAL coding
*EDUCATION
RESEARCH evaluation
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03092402
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124060722
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13268