Table 6.

Factor load of formal scale (34 items)

Factors and it’s items	Factor load
Factor 1 Professional Development Abilities (eigenvalue 17.859, variance contribution rate 52.527%)
2 Be able to distribute, guide, supervise and manage the infectious diseases nurses	0.826
6 Be able to conduct clinical teaching	0.825
1 Be able to conduct lectures	0.823
3 Be able to train other nurses in face of emerging infectious diseases emergencies	0.813
5 Be able to collaborate with other units and departments and effectively coordinate human and material resources, etc.	0.775
9 Be able to manage materials such as drugs, consumable items, documents, instrument and equipment in infectious diseases department	0.772
7 Be able to evaluate and improve the quality of infectious diseases nursing issues and interventions	0.765
4 Be able to improve and innovate on infectious disease nursing process and protective articles	0.699
10 Be able to select and design scientific researches	0.696
8 Be able to search and retrieve literature documents by various ways and assess the quality of the literature	0.693
11 Be able to write papers	0.626
Factor 2 Infection Prevention and Control Abilities (eigenvalue 3.860, variance contribution rate 11.354%)
13 Master the processes and methods of putting on the protective articles	0.807
12 Be able to correctly dispose of different medical wastes by infectious diseases patients (such as infectious diarrhea, AIDS, COVID-19, etc.)	0.806
14 Be aware of the protective requirements for different kinds of infectious diseases	0.787
15 Master the skills and processes coping with professional exposure risks such as skin mucous membrane and sharp instrument injury	0.783
17 Be aware of the requirements for different isolation techniques (isolation due to airborne transmission, contact transmission and droplet transmission)	0.769
16 Master the disinfection methods of inpatient ward and instrument and equipment in infectious diseases department	0.764
18 Master the common isolation techniques and methods	0.732
19 Master the tactics of standard and extra precautions	0.688
20 Be familiar with common physical and chemical disinfection	0.674
Factor 3 Nursing Abilities for Infectious Diseases (eigenvalue 1.543, variance contribution rate 4.539%)
23 Master the emergence care skills for critical infectious diseases patients	0.655
26 Be familiar with the common diagnosis and treatment in infectious disease departments such as compression hemostasis for Sengstaken Blakemore tube, lactulose enema, and traumatic artetial blood pressure supervision paracentesis	0.643
21 Grasp the pathogenesis of common infectious diseases and the relevant knowledge of diseases including the historical epidemiology, the main nursing points and health education	0.639
23 Be familiar with the basics such as the dosage regimen, administration route, side effects and matters needing attention of drugs which are commonly taken by infectious diseases patients	0.630
25 Be able to draw up nursing plans in accordance with the different state of the different infectious diseases patients	0.598
24 Be able to deal with the symptoms and signs of common diseases such as fever, erythra, diarrhea, twitching and seizure	0.594
Factor 4 Professionalism and Humanistic Accomplishment (eigenvalue 1.425, variance contribution rate 4.192%)
28 Be capable of providing psychological counseling and mental nursing	0.746
29 Be capable of providing health education for the infectious diseases patients and the public	0.742
30 Be capable of adjusting oneself and governing the stress in infectious diseases nursing work	0.717
27 Respect the patient and protect patients’ privacy and show no discrimination to the patients	0.716
31 Be passionate about infectious diseases nursing and possess the sense of professional identity of nursing infectious diseases patients	0.709
Factor 5 Responsiveness to Emergency Infectious Diseases (eigenvalue 1.006, variance contribution rate 2.957%)
33 Be familiar with the response process of the infectious diseases emergencies	0.575
32 Take part in emergency drills for infectious diseases emergencies in regular terms	0.536
34 Be able to predict and recognize the infectious diseases emergencies	0.510