Validation of the newly developed Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire: A national survey.

Beckmann, Sonja; Schmid-Mohler, Gabriela; Müller, Marianne; Spichiger, Elisabeth; Nicca, Dunja; Eicher, Manuela; Ullmann-Bremi, Andrea; Petry, Heidi (2023). Validation of the newly developed Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire: A national survey. Journal of advanced nursing, 79(12), pp. 4791-4803. Wiley 10.1111/jan.15752

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AIM

To describe psychometric validation of the newly developed Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire.

DESIGN

Cross-sectional quantitative study.

METHODS

The development of the questionnaire followed an adapted version of the seven steps described in the guide by the Association for Medical Education in Europe. A nationwide online survey tested the construct and structural validity and internal consistency using an exploratory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and a Kruskal-Wallis test to compare the hypotheses.

RESULTS

We received 222 questionnaires between January and September 2020. The factor analysis produced a seven-factor solution as suggested in Hamric's model. However, not all item loadings aligned with the framework's competencies. Cronbach's alpha of factors ranged between .795 and .879. The analysis confirmed the construct validity of the Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire. The tool was able to discriminate the competencies of guidance and coaching, direct clinical practice and leadership across the three advanced practice nurse roles clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner or blended role.

CONCLUSION

A precise assessment of advanced practice nurse tasks is crucial in clinical practice and in research as it may be a basis for further refinement, implementation and evaluation of roles.

IMPACT

The Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire is the first valid tool to assess tasks according to Hamric's model of competencies independently of the role or the setting. Additionally, it distinguishes the most common advanced practice nurse roles according to the degree of tasks in direct clinical practice and leadership. The tool may be applied in various countries, independent of the degree of implementation and understanding of advanced nursing practice.

REPORTING METHOD

The STARD 2015 guideline was used to report the study.

PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION

No patient or public contribution.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

UniBE Contributor:

Spichiger, Elisabeth

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1365-2648

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

29 Jun 2023 08:16

Last Modified:

10 Nov 2023 00:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jan.15752

PubMed ID:

37376711

Uncontrolled Keywords:

advanced practice nursing clinical nurse specialist cross-sectional survey nurse practitioner nursing nursing research psychometric validation reliability and validity statistical factor analysis

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/184201

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/184201

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