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Developing and testing the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool for student nurses and midwives

Giske, Tove, Schep-Akkerman, Annemiek, Bø, Bodil, Cone, Pamela H, Kuven, Britt Moene, MCSHERRY, Wilfred, OWUSU, BENSON, Ueland, Venke, Lassche- Scheffer, Joanne, van Leeuwen, Rene and Ross, Linda (2022) Developing and testing the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool for student nurses and midwives. Journal Of Clinical Nursing. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1365-2702

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Abstract or description

Aims and objectives
To develop and psychometrically test a self-assessment tool that measures undergraduate nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of spiritual care competence in health care practice.

Background
Spiritual care is part of nurses/midwives’ responsibility. There is a need to better benchmark students’ competency development in spiritual care through their education. The EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard served as groundwork for the development of the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool.

Design
Cross sectional, mixed methods design. A STROBE checklist was used.

Methods
The Tool (available in English, Dutch and Norwegian) was developed by an international group. It was tested between July–October 2020 with a convenience sample of 323 nursing/midwifery students at eight universities in five countries. The Tool was tested for validity using Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) test, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA and independent samples t test. The reliability was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis.

Results
The KMO test for sampling adequacy was 0.90. All, but two, items were related to the same factor. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Tool was 0.91. Students found the Tool easy to use, and they gained new insights by completing it. However, students felt that some questions were repetitive and took time to complete.

Conclusions
The Tool has construct and discriminant validity, and high internal consistency (is reliable). In addition, students found the Tool useful, especially in early stages of education.

Relevance to clinical practice
The Tool affords student nurses and midwives the opportunity to self-evaluate their knowledge, skills and attitudes about spirituality and spiritual care. The Tool offers students, educators and preceptors in clinical practice a tangible way of discussing and evaluating spiritual care competency.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: instrument development, nursing/midwifery competences, nursing/midwifery students, psychometric testing, spiritual care spiritual care competency
Faculty: School of Health and Social Care > Nursing and Midwifery
Depositing User: Wilfred MCSHERRY
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2022 15:03
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2023 14:03
URI: https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/7324

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