Recruitment and Selection of Dual-qualification Nursing Teachers: A Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach

Dual-qualification nursing teachers are nurses who both teach and practice. However, it is still an unresolved issue to recruit and select a high-quality dual-qualification nursing teacher. This paper sets up a comprehensive assessment system model for dual-qualification nursing teacher recruitment, which was built by analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The model includes four sides such as biographical analysis, theoretical knowledge examination, clinical nursing skills assessment, and interview and lecture. Then the weight coefficients of indexes are determined by AHP. It provides a quantitative analyzing method for dualqualification nursing teacher recruitment. KEYWORD: Dual-qualification nursing teacher; Recruitment; Quantitative analyzing method; Analytic hierarchy process International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management Science (ITMS 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 906 knowledge, educational theory, research capacity, assessment capacity, intervention capacity, morphology and appearance, expression skills, and teaching skills. The assessment index system was shown in table 1. Table 1. Recruitment of dual-qualification nursing teachers decision model Goal: A Criterion Layer: B Index layer: C Recruitment of dual-qualification nursing teachers decision model B1 Biographical analysis C11 Educational background C12 Academic achievement B2 Theoretical knowledge examination C21 Professional knowledge C22 Educational theory C23 Research capacity B3 Clinical nursing skills assessment C31 Assessment capacity C32 Intervention capacity B4 Interview and lecture C41 Morphology and appearance C42 Expression skills C43 Teaching skills 2.2 Calculation of index weight According to the hierarchical structure of the evaluation index system of dual-qualification nursing teacher recruitment, we can construct the judgment matrix by Yaahp software (version 7.5. http://www.yaahp.cn/). The experts construct comparative matrix by 1-9 scale method.[4] If i and j are equally important and is rated at 1; if i is extremely important than j is valued at 9 (table 2). Table 2. Meaning of 1-9 scale method Valuation of Cij Definition 1 i and j are equally important 3 i is a little importance than j 5 i is obvious important than j 7 i is strong important than j 9 i is extremely important than j 2,4,6,8 intermediate value of adjacent judgments Reciprocals of above j has the reciprocal value when compared with i The comparative matrix of criterion layer compared with goal layer was shown in table 3. Table 3 Pairwise comparative matrix of the main criteria with respect to A-B (consistency test, CR=0.0227, < 0.10)