Validation of the index for the core competence of nurses leading discharge planning for older patients in China†

Abstract

With the continuous advancement of aging in China, the number of older inpatients has increased sharply. Older patients have a high demand for planning their discharge services. Nurses serve as the leader of discharge planning for patients; there is a lack of reliable evaluation tool to evaluate the core competitiveness of nurses who implement discharge planning for older patients in China. The purpose of this study was to validate the index for the core competence of nurses who lead discharge planning for older patients developed by a project team through the Delphi method in the early stage.

Keywords

• core competence
• discharge planning
• instrument
• nurse
• older patient
• reliability
• validation
• validity