Comparative Examination between the Perceived Inventory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing (PITCCN) and the Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing Instrument (TCCNI)

Mie Miyamoto,Rozzano Locsin,Kyoko Osaka,Misao Miyagawa,Yuko Yasuhara,Waraporn Kongsuwan,Hirokazu Ito,Tetsuya Tanioka

doi:10.15344/2394-4978/2017/267

Abstract

Background: Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing Instrument (TCCNI) was developed by Rozzano Locsin (2013) to determine the expression of “technological competency” as caring in nursing among practicing nurses. While the TCCNI was translated into other languages, no instrument measuring the ‘technological competency as caring in nursing’ among Japanese nurses was developed and tested. Considering culture and social background influencing measurement of the phenomena, Kato et al. (2016) re-envisioned the TCCNI to focus on caring behaviors of nurses in acute care settings. The Perceived Inventory of Technological Competency of Caring in Nursing (PITCCN) was developed. Aim: The aim of this study is to perform comparative examination between the PITCCN and the TCCNI. Methods: The authors developed the Japanese version of the TCCNI from its original instrument subjecting this to reverse translation using a professional English-to-Japanese-to-English translator who clearly confirmed the accuracy of the translations. In this study, the contents of the item configurations were analyzed and discussed regarding instruments, and the summary of the similarities and differences among researchers who had been involved in the research of caring. The difference between the item configuration of PITCCN and TCCNI was clearly illustrated by a comparative table, and in the case where there was no corresponding item, it was left blank. Results: The commonality between the TCCNI and PITCCN was the holistic focus on patients using information obtained through technologies. Different question items were included to provide highquality outcomes for the PITCCN. Conclusion: Considered useful in order to perform high quality practice in using technology, and to provide high quality nursing. Measured Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing might be able to utilizing for in-service education of hospitals or formalized education in nursing universities.

Highlights

The commonality between the Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing Instrument (TCCNI) and PITCCN was the holistic focus on patients using information obtained through technologies
Not published in this book, another instrument that measures caring in nursing, the expression of technological competency as caring is Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing Instrument (TCCNI) [12,13,14]
It is deliberated that useful data supporting high quality practice with technologies providing high quality nursing is best declared through theorybased practice such those grounded in the middle-range theory of TCCN

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As the PITCCN was developed using the Japanese language, the authors translated it into English. The Cronbach’s alpha of all items of the TCCNI outside of Japan was 0.81-0.87 [13]. The Cronbach’s alpha of all items of the PITCCN with 300 Japanese nurses responding was 0.89 indicating and confirming high internal consistency [15]. The authors developed the Japanese version of the TCCNI from its original instrument subjecting this to reverse translation using a professional English-to-Japanese-to-English translator who clearly confirmed the accuracy of the translations [16]. The difference between the item configuration of PITCCN and TCCNI was clearly illustrated by a comparativetable, and in the case where there was no corresponding item, it was left blank

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