Felicity Walker, Nicola Whiteing, Christina Aggar
Exploring clinical facilitation and student learning on undergraduate nursing placements through a community of practice lens: A qualitative study
Contemporary nurse
health professionals need adequate competence support breastfeeding beyond infancy established instrument measure health professionals competence regarding longterm breastfeeding respond shortcoming longterm breastfeeding competence scale lbcs developed develop pilot instrument measures public health nurses competence related breastfeeding beyond 12 months order provide adequate breastfeeding counseling families study conducted crosssectional online survey public health nurses working maternity andor child health clinics relevance clarity lbcs assessed expert panel n 6 public health nurses n 197 completed lbcs consisted knowledge skills dimension attitude dimension descriptive statistics used describe characteristics study sample conceptual validity knowledge skills dimension assessed using dichotomous rasch analysis attitude dimension using exploratory factor analysis internal consistency evaluated using cronbachs alpha distribution items summarized descriptive statistics according expert panel evaluations lbcs found meet requirements relevance clarity scvi 090 internal consistency instrument good level 0796 met requirements set new instrument lbcs appropriate determine public health nurses competence related breastfeeding beyond 12 months lbcs used identify need education concerning breastfeeding beyond 12 months