Objective To develop a core competency scale for nurses specializing in the management of chronic kidney disease and test its reliability and validity.Methods An initial scale was formed by means of literature review,expert meeting and group discussion.336 nurses specializing in chronic kidney disease management were surveyed by questionnaire using convenience sampling method and analyzed for reliabili-ty and validity.Results The final version of the scale consists of 6 dimensions with 46 entries,including basic and pharmaceutical theory on kidney,nutrition and evaluation of kidney,capability of management,cooperation and education,ability of communication and decision-making,humanistic care,professional de-velopment ability,etc.The content validity of each entry of the scale ranged from 0.857 to 1.000,and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the total scale was 0.981.6 factors were extracted from the exploratory fac-tor analysis,and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 77.146％.The results of the validation factor analysis showed that the scale had a good model fit and stable factor structure.Conclusions The core com-petency scale for nurse specialists in chronic kidney disease management has good reliability and validity,which can be used as an assessment tool and provide reference for training programs of the group.
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