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The Validation Of A Structured Situational Interview For Registered And Licensed Practical Nurses, Nicholas L. Simmons
The Validation Of A Structured Situational Interview For Registered And Licensed Practical Nurses, Nicholas L. Simmons
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The profession of nursing is experiencing a shortage of qualified nursing professionals. Hospitals understaffed with nurses are likely to experience several negative consequences including low quality care, which places the health and safety of patients at risk. In order to ensure an effective selection process for hospital nurses, a structured situational interview, developed using a content validation approach, was validated using a criterion-related approach.
Interviews that have a high degree of structure consistently demonstrate higher predictive validities with job performance than do interviews with less structure. The structured situational interview in this study had a high degree of structure and …