Authors
1 Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran Medical Science Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Management, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Facilitating the healing process of patients with psychiatric disorders depends on
high‑quality mental health care and expert psychiatric nurses. A valid tool is required to objectively
evaluate the quality of performance and competency of psychiatric nurses. This systematic review
aimed to investigate and critique the psychometric properties of some psychiatric nursing clinical
competency assessment instruments with Consensus‑based standards for the selection of health
status measurement instruments (COSMIN) checklist and according to Preferred Reporting Items
for Systematic Reviews and Meta‑analyses (PRISMA).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: To retrieve published articles using Persian and English keywords
“psychiatric nursing,” “competence,” “competency,” “tool,” “checklist,” “scale,” “questionnaire,”
“psychiatric mental health nurse,” were searched in databases without time limitation. Then,
psychometric properties of selected instruments were evaluated using the COSMIN checklist and
reported according to the PRISMA statement.
RESULTS: Most of these tools did not entirely and desirably report psychometric properties. It is not
designed as a special tool for postgraduate psychiatric nursing.
CONCLUSION: The methodology of existing instruments does not meet the COSMIN checklist criteria;
therefore it needs to develop. To assess the competency of psychiatric nursing postgraduate, a tool
tailored to the cultural and social context and with acceptable psychometric properties is necessary.
Keywords
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