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. 2022 Feb 11;105(1):00368504221076823. doi: 10.1177/00368504221076823

Table 5.

Internal consistency of the results of the confirmatory factor analysis.

Relations Individual Reliability Internal consistency Average Variance Extracted (AVE)
Standardised Estimators t p Cronbach's Alpha Composite Reliability
Skills in critical patient care (F1SK)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 40483, p = 0.000, CFI = 0.942, TLI = 0.935, RMSEA = 0.110 (0.080–0.143)
P3←F1SK 0.645 0.749 0.782 0.612
P6←F1SK 0.694 13.289 0.000
P14←F1SK 0.534 11.243 0.000
P15←F1SK 0.558 11.669 0.000
P37←F1SK 0.637 13.048 0.000
Communication and Clinical Safety (F2CS)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 32502, p = 0.000, CFI = 0.977, TLI = 0.968, RMSEA = 0.067 (0.043–0.093)
P40←F2CS 0.630 0.818 0.852 0.658
P34←F2CS 0.578 12.000 0.000
P33←F2CS 0.644 13.107 0.000
P30←F2CS 0.730 14.440 0.000
P29←F2CS 0.624 12.783 0.000
P28←F2CS 0.727 14.404 0.000
Nursing knowledge and clinical reasoning (F3CR)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 2164, p = 0.339, CFI = 0.999, TLI = 0.992, RMSEA = 0.012 (0.000–0.084)
P9←F3CR 0.716 0.594 0.624 0.753
P16←F3CR 0.834 8.322 0.000
Induction programmes for new nurses (F4FN)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 42149, p = 0.000, CFI = 0.930, TLI = 0.922, RMSEA = 0.113 (0.083–0.146)
P55←F4FN 0.549 0.653 0.667 0.625
P61←F4FN 0.749 11.160 0.000
P62←F4FN 0.605 10.147 0.000
Specific and ongoing training of staff nurses (F5FS)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 12238, p = 0,002, CFI = 0930, TLI = 0,922, RMSEA = 0113 (0083–0146)
P60←F5FS 0.645 0.767 0.798 0.665
P63←F5FS 0.614 12.743 0.000
P65←F5FS 0.695 14.118 0.000
P66←F5FS 0.745 14.888 0.000
Critical patient assessment, tools and technology (F7EV)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 1529, p = 0.466, CFI = 1.000, TLI = 0.996, RMSEA = 0.000 (0.000–0.076)
P5←F7EV 0.584 0.710 0.735 0.689
P7←F7EV 0.675 11.591 0.000
P8←F7EV 0.647 11.304 0.000
P31←F7EV 0.693 10.697 0.000
Health management (F8GT)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 3254, p = 0.654, CFI = 0.998, TLI = 0.994, RMSEA = 0.554 (0.515–0.574)
P38←F8GT 0.756 0.837 0.841 0.853
P39←F8GT 0.958 14.444 0.000
Applying support measures (F9SV)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 10536, p = 0,005, CFI = 0976, TLI = 0,971, RMSEA = 0086 (0040–0140)
P11←F9SV 0.742 0.715 0.727 0.692
P10←F9SV 0.598 10.729 0.000
P15←F9SV 0.683 11.177 0.000
Measures to improve care (F11MJ)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 2.782, p = 0.751, CFI = 0.988, TLI = 0.974, RMSEA = 0.457 (0.431–0.484)
P46←F11MJ 0.701 0.593 0.612 0.596
P48←F11MJ 0.531 8.391 0.000
Motivation to continue with the training (F12MT)
Goodness of fit: χ2 = 2.935, p = 0.732, CFI = 0.894, TLI = 0.919, RMSEA = 0.251 (0.229–0.268)
P49←F12MT 0.696 0.632 0.644 0.678
P52←F12MT 0.702 9.262 0.000