Table 2.

Exploratory factor analysis for items included in the 30-item PNCS (N = 108)

		Components
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Factor 1: Professional Development (PD)
PD60	I proactively participate and communicate with nurses internationally.	0.88	0.08	0.08	0.01	-0.03	0.04
PD59	I participate in the development of professional nursing organizations.	0.87	0.04	0.09	0.16	0.12	0.11
PD57	I apply the results of nursing research or project to nursing practice.	0.87	0.02	0.10	0.23	0.10	-0.02
PD54	I identify problems as material for research, evidence-based practice, or projects.	0.86	-0.05	0.09	0.17	0.18	0.02
PD58	I evaluate self-efficacy and promote personal professional development.	0.69	0.06	0.09	0.30	0.09	0.38
TC471	I am a teacher for employee education training.	0.57	0.29	-0.08	0.25	0.22	0.18
Factor 2: Clinical Care (CC)
CC07	I determine sudden changes in a patient’s condition and provide appropriate care.	0.07	0.82	0.19	0.16	0.25	0.00
CC03	I set priorities of nursing care according to the urgency of the patient’s needs.	0.01	0.81	0.15	0.09	0.06	0.26
CC09	I independently provide total care for critical patients.	0.15	0.76	0.01	0.23	0.16	-0.08
CC02	I establish a patient’s health problems with critical thinking.	0.08	0.74	0.17	0.09	0.27	0.19
CC06	I perform nursing techniques correctly.	-0.14	0.69	0.39	0.16	0.09	0.17
CC05	I provide care for patients that includes examination, treatment, and follow-up.	0.13	0.68	0.21	0.10	0.22	0.36
Factor 3: Ethical Nursing Practice (EP)
EP20	I am respectful of a patient’s values.	0.12	0.11	0.87	0.17	0.10	0.07
EP21	I am respectful of a patient’s faith.	0.00	0.11	0.85	0.08	0.11	-0.05
EP17	I pay attention to patient concerns and maintain patient privacy.	-0.01	0.22	0.81	0.08	0.10	0.22
EP19	I consider the most beneficial treatment when providing patient care.	0.15	0.17	0.65	0.21	0.23	0.37
EP16	I am respectful of a patient’s autonomy when providing care.	0.14	0.14	0.63	0.21	0.11	0.38
Cs242	I communicate effectively on issues of concern to the patient.	0.24	0.34	0.61	0.02	0.31	0.13
Factor 4: Leadership and Management (LM)
LM41	I manage wards and sterile consumables based on administrative rules.	0.28	0.00	0.22	0.75	0.08	0.16
LM37	I maintain patient safety by managing optimal nurse-patient ratios.	0.24	0.19	0.10	0.69	0.22	-0.01
LM40	I solve problems by applying management knowledge and skills.	0.26	0.23	0.13	0.69	0.19	0.35
LM39	I manage time well.	0.16	0.17	0.14	0.65	0.24	0.25
LM38	I ensure patient safety by detecting risk factors in the ward environments.	0.11	0.43	0.15	0.65	0.15	0.19
Factor 5: Effective Communications and Collaborations (Cs)
Cs26	I use information technology for interprofessional communication platforms.	0.12	0.26	0.14	0.21	0.82	0.16
Cs30	I use interprofessional communication platforms to solve patient problems.	0.10	0.24	0.30	0.12	0.76	0.13
Cs28	I provide resource and referral services according to the patient’s needs.	0.16	0.26	0.28	0.26	0.74	0.13
Cs31	I communicate and cooperated with the hospital administration.	0.27	0.20	0.05	0.36	0.53	0.11
Factor 6: Legal Nursing Practice (LP)
LP14	I identify illegal or non-professional behaviors and take effective actions.	0.09	0.21	0.30	0.21	0.08	0.73
LP12	I perform nursing practices according to laws and regulations of nursing.	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.26	0.22	0.71
LP15	I act as an advocate for patient rights.	0.11	0.25	0.18	0.32	0.35	0.50
	Eigenvalue	11.84	3.68	2.26	1.57	1.31	0.98
	Percent variance explained(%)	15.35	14.71	14.03	10.24	9.62	8.49
	Total variance explained (%) = 72.44

Note. ¹ Originally in domain of Teaching and Coaching, ²Originally in domain of Effective communication and collaboration