Sistema de Salut de Catalunya
Institut Català de la Salut
[Benito-Aracil L, Alonso-Fernández, Delgado-Hito P] Fundamental and Clinical Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, University of Barcelona (UB), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. GRIN Research Group, IDIBELL, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. [Bonilla-Aguilar I] Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. GRIN Research Group, IDIBELL, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. [Zuriguel-Pérez E] Direcció d'Infermeria, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Grup de Recerca Multidisciplinari d’Infermeria, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. [Falcó-Pegueroles A] Fundamental and Clinical Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, University of Barcelona (UB), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
2025-05-30T12:16:20Z
2025-05-30T12:16:20Z
2025-02-27
Critical thinking; Nurse educator; Psychometric properties
Pensament crític; Infermera educadora; Propietats psicomètriques
Pensamiento crítico; Enfermera educadora; Propiedades psicométricas
The Nursing Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire is an instrument designed to measure the critical thinking capacity of nurses working in clinical areas. However, there is little existing research on the potential applications of this instrument specifically in clinical nurse educators involved in the training of university nursing students. Therefore, we used a descriptive cross-sectional design to examine the psychometric properties of the questionnaire in clinical nurse educators. We evaluated the construct and convergent validity, assessed the reliability of the questionnaire, and performed a confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 639 clinical nurse educators took part in this study. Results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed a good fit to the model (CFI 0.97, NFI: 0.95). The total Cronbach’s alpha was 0.97. The four factors had an internal consistency > 0.7. The interclass correlation coefficient values were 0.78 [95% CI 0.75–0.81] for the whole instrument and 0.70–0.75 for the various dimensions, and all were statistically significant at p < 0.05. These findings suggests that the Nurse Critical Thinking in Practice Questionnaire is a useful tool for measuring critical thinking levels in clinical nurse educators. This enhances the knowledge of all agents involved in the learning process, making it easier to implement in clinical practice. Clinical Trial Registration: This study was prospectively registered at the two Institutional review boards.
This study was financed by the University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona), grant number PREI-20-001-A. Barcelona, Spain. And also funded by the Departament de Recerca i Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya - AGAUR (grant number 2021 SGR 00929).
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Qüestionaris; Pensament crític; Psicometria; Estudiants d'infermeria; ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Surveys and Questionnaires; NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Students::Students, Health Occupations::Students, Nursing; PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY::Behavioral Disciplines and Activities::Psychological Tests::Psychometrics; PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY::Psychological Phenomena::Mental Processes::Thinking; TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS::técnicas de investigación::métodos epidemiológicos::recopilación de datos::encuestas y cuestionarios; DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::estudiantes::estudiantes de profesiones sanitarias::estudiantes de enfermería; PSIQUIATRÍA Y PSICOLOGÍA::disciplinas y actividades conductuales::pruebas psicológicas::psicometría; PSIQUIATRÍA Y PSICOLOGÍA::fenómenos psicológicos::procesos mentales::pensamiento
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Scientific Reports;15
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90161-6
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