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Volume 5, Issue 8(Suppl) J Nurs Care 2016
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal
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Euro Nursing 2016
October 17-19, 2016
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15th Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit
October 17-19, 2016 Rome, Italy
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the moral competence scale for public health
nurses: A methodological study
Esra Yildiz and Fatma Guducu Tufekci
Ataturk University, Turkey
Objective: The objective is to adapt a moral competence scale for use with public health nurses in Turkey.
Method: The study has been conducted with 138 nurses working in family and public health centers in Erzurum in Eastern
Turkey. The Turkish version of the moral competence scale for public health nurses have been applied and conducted
methodologically. The data has been assessed with factor and internal consistency analysis.
Findings: For language validity, the scale was translated into Turkish by one translator, and translated back into English by
another. The total variance has been specified as three factors as 67.50%. The Turkish version moral competence scale for public
health nurses Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.83 for factor one, 0.91 for factor two, 0.87 for factor three and 0.88 for the scale
as a whole.
Conclusion: A Turkish version of the moral competence scale for public health nurses is a valid and reliable assessment tool.
Biography
Esra Yildiz has completed her PhD and Post-doctoral studies from Atatürk University Faculty of Nursing. She has published more than 5 papers in reputed journals
and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute.
Esra Yildiz et al., J Nurs Care 2016, 5:8(Suppl)