Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Abstract

The Development And Validation of Gerontological Nurse Teacher Scale

William Garbrah

Several studies have advocated for having gerontological nurse teachers with special commitment to implement an aged-friendly curriculum, in order to facilitate student nurses’ interest in gerontology careers. However, there is no existing instrument to assess whether gerontological nurse teachers possess such competences. This study describes the development and validation of an instrument for assessing the competence of gerontological nurse teachers.

A total of 43 items categorized into seven constructs for the Gerontological Nurse Teacher Scale (GeNTS) emerged from the literature review in 2017. Experts (N=19) then participated in a two-round Delphi feedback for content validity in May 2018.  A pre-pilot study was then undertaken in October 2018 among undergraduate nursing students (n=7) to ensure readability and understandability, followed by a pilot study on undergraduate nursing students (n=196) for psychometric assessment. Based on experts’ feedback and psychometric assessment, the final version of GeNTS consists of 33 items across five constructs namely: knowledge and interest; theoretical course and practical training development; leadership; gerontology career promotion and concerns about aging. The items are score on a five-point Likert scale from 1 = completely disagree to 5 = completely agree.

Biography:

William Garbrah is a Registered Nurse and a Public Health Nurse. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences (International health) from University of Tampere - Finland. William has been a Senior Lecturer in nursing since 2010 and is currently pursing Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science. He has experience publishing in reputed peer reviewed journals.

Speaker Publications:

 

Adams, K. (2013). Practice teaching: professional identity and role recognition. Community Practitioner. 86 (10) 20-23. Bono-Neri., F.  (2019). Pedagogical  Nursing Practice:  Redefining  nursing practice  for the academic nurse educator. Nurse Education in Practice. 37, 105-108. Garbrah, W., Kankkunen, P. & Välimäki, T. (2020).  Development and validation of gerontological nurse teacher scale. Nurse Education in Practice. (accepted for production) Jackson, C. (2009). A review of nurse educator career pathways; a European perspective. Journal of Research in Nursing 14(2) Kim; M. J., & Mallory, C. (2017). Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing. Second edition.  Burlington, MA.  Jones & Bartlett Learning.

 

 

10^th International Conference on Geriatrics, Gerontology & Elderly Care; Webinar- September 23-24, 2020.

 

Abstract Citation:

 

William Garbrah, The Development And Validation of Gerontological Nurse Teacher Scale, Geriatrics 2020, 10^th International Conference on Geriatrics, Gerontology & Elderly Care; Webinar- September 23-24, 2020 (https://geriatrics-gerontology.insightconferences.com/speaker/2020/william-garbrah-university-of-eastern-finland-finland)

Published Date: 2020-10-08;