Title: Development and validation of the Nurses? International Mobility Scale (NIMS)
Abstract:
In response to the sustainable trend of globalized health care talents, it is crucial to actively cultivate the cross-border capabilities of nurses. However, the ability of nurses to move internationally has yet to be clearly assessed. The aim of this study was to develop and verify the validity and reliability of a Nurses' International Mobility Scale [NIMS]. Data collected from 250 registered nurses working at medical center in the northern Taiwan. By the content validity index, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), internal consistency, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of NIMS were analyzed by items. The final NIMS comprised 18-item across four subscales: communication competencies, professional competencies, adapting competencies, and practice competencies. The explanatory variance of cumulative was 74.3%. The internal consistency coefficient was 0.93, the Cronbach’s α of the subscales ranged from 0.87 to 0.94. The CFA were as following: GFI = .92, NNFI = .97, CFI = .98, RMSEA = .06, SRMR = .09, proved to have good construct validity. The NIMS with high reliability and validity, and suitable for measuring the international mobility competencies of nurses. The scale could as a reference for nursing manpower management, and an efficient strategy to cultivate the international capabilities of nurses.
