A FACTOR ANALYSIS OF CHARGE NURSE’ S COMPETENCIES IN SRINGARIND HOSPITAL

Abstract

This research was a descriptive research to analyzed the composition of the competency of Head nurses at Srinagarind Hospital. The sample consisted of 560 professional nurses working in Srinagarind Hospital with 5 years of working experience and working in the role of head nurse for
1 year, totalling 15 departments, Personal Data Part 2 Questionnaire on the importance of competency of the head nurse of Srinagarind Hospital, 56 items, passed the content validity examination by
5 experts, with the content validity index (CVI) 0.80. Cronbach's alpha coefficient computed reliability was 0.98. Component extraction was analyzed by principal component analysis and orthogonal factorization by Verimax method. Considering the questionnaire for each element with 0.40 weights. And there were 3 or more questions.

There was no research findings. It was found that the first level of supervisor nurse Competency was Ethical and moral competency at the highest level = 4.88, S.D. = 0.419 and supervisor nurse competency. The final level is the Leadership, Management and Development Competencies at the highest level   = 4.29, S.D. = 0.421.