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Table 1 Factor structure of critical nursing competences

From: The training and development needs of nurses in Indonesia: paper 3 of 3

Factor 1 (34.1% of the variance, Cronbach's α = 0.9090): Clinical care and service management

Undertaking technical nursing procedures (0.655)

Assessing patients' psychological and social needs (0.645)

Recognizing and managing risk in clinical care (0.576)

Developing a shared mission of clinical goals (0.568)

Assessing patients' physical needs (0.552)

Showing patients and their families how to do things (0.536)

Establishing a relationship with patients (0.515)

Undertaking health promotion and prevention activities (0.512)

Analysing patient data (0.509)

Consulting with colleagues about care options (0.501)

Assisting patients in making informed choices (0.496)

Prioritizing work according to patients' needs (0.488)

Writing clinical, shift and other reports (0.480)

Working as a member of a team (0.477)

Using technical equipment (0.442)

Getting on with colleagues (0.441)

Making decisions about patients' clinical problems (0.437)

Designing systems for patient monitoring/observation (0.427)

Appraising own and others' performance (0.426)

Factor 2: (5.1% of the variance, Cronbach's α = 0.8942): Managing change and the application of knowledge

Actively assisting in change management activities (0.690)

Introducing new ideas into own clinical work (0.683)

Interpreting results from clinical investigations (0.657)

Inputting data into written or computerized records (0.620)

Instructing/training students/junior staff (0.576)

Undertaking budget planning activities (0.552)

Collecting own clinical/patient/surveillance data (0.547)

Planning patients' discharge (0.544)

Undertaking clinical examinations of patients (0.538)

Interpreting own patient data (0.525)

Developing joint working relationships with others (0.514)

Critically evaluating published research (0.501)

Locating and accessing equipment for clinical work (0.439)

Factor 3 (3.5% of the variance, Cronbach's α = 0.7970): Case management and networking

Applying pharmacology to practice (0.674)

Assessing costs and outcomes of procedures (0.631)

Undertaking administrative duties (0.627)

Liaising with other health care professionals (0.590)

Identifying areas worthy of investigation in practice (0.584)

Requesting laboratory investigations and results (0.549)

Making appropriate patient referrals (0.425)

Planning/organizing patients' treatment (0.388)