Development of a Clinical Judgment Scale for Japanese Nurses

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale assess the clinical judgment nurses based on process. Method: Based qualitative analysis interviews with specialized and certified extant literature, comprising 44 question items created. A questionnaire survey conducted 1,444 working in 28 general hospitals, psychiatric wards, cardiac care units, intensive units Japan. Results: Valid responses were obtained from 610 nurses. Exploratory factor performed 23 extracted by item analysis, two factors, “theoretical practical reasoning” “grasping condition observation,” extracted. Confirmatory revealed fit model. Cronbach's alpha confidence 0.943 for first 0.924 second factor. Conclusion: These results support validity reliability scale. [ J Contin Educ Nurs . 2021;52(8):383–391.]