Abstract
•The CCEI 2.0 can distinguish between students who perform at level of competency and those that perform below the level of competency.•Findings support validity and reliability of the CCEI 2, when used with prelicensure nursing students in a high-fidelity simulation.•The CCEI 2.0 is a robust instrument to use in competency-based assessment.
Nurse educators are committed to preparing the next generation of clinically proficient nurses through competency-based education (CBE). The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument© 2.0 (CCEI 2.0) has demonstrated content validity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the internal consistency reliability, criterion-related validity, and test-retest reliability of the CCEI 2.0.
104 nurse educator participants were randomly assigned to view and score a video depicting a nurse-actor in a simulated clinical experience performing at a level of below competency, at expected level of competency, or above expected level of competency. Four weeks later, 45 participants scored the same video again to determine test-retest reliability of the instrument.
Cronbach’s alpha and item-total correlations reveal that the CCEI 2.0 indicates a high degree of internal consistency for Clinical Judgment Score (α = 0.913), Total Competency score (α = 0.948), and for criterion-related validity. Test-retest reliability demonstrated reliability of the instrument over time.
The CCEI 2.0 provides nurse educators with instrument that has demonstrated validity and reliability to assess student competency in simulated clinical experiences.