Validación de la escala de autoevaluación de competencias de enfermeria en informática en español.

Objetive: to validate the Self-assessment Nursing Informatics Competence Scale (SANICS-MX) in mexican nurses. Method: descriptive prospective and multistage design. The steps were: translation and linguistic validation, validation by judges, pilot test and reliability, final test on a representative sample, and reliability and factorial analysis. Likewise, the sample consisted of 160 nursing professionals from health institutions. The period of the study was from January 2022 to February 2023. Results: the validity index per Item (3.0) was evaluated; validity criterion (16.0%) and content validity index (8.33) and the second version of the instrument was obtained. A pilot test was carried out on 30 nursing professionals to verify the consistency, persistence and comprehension of the items, obtaining a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.83, which indicates that it is a reliable scale. A final test was carried out on 160 nursing professionals. The factorial analysis and the level of reliability of the final version of the SANICS-MX scale was carried out, in which a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.943 was determined. Conclusion: SANICS-MX is valid and reliable instrument to measure computer skills and competencies in nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]