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

2014; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 22; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0104-1169.3295.2471

1518-8345

Rui Carlos Negrão Baptista, José Carlos Amado Martins, Fátima Pereira, Alessandra Mazzo,

Patient Safety and Medication Errors

Validate an assessment instrument of nursing students' satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences.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.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.The scale complies with the validity requisites, revealing a high potential for use in research.