Construction of core competency evaluation index system for advance care planning for oncology nurses

Abstract Background The evaluation index system of the core competence of advance care planning for nurses in the department of oncology was established to provide an objective basis for evaluating the core competence of advance care planning for nurses in the department of oncology. Methods On the theoretical basis of the post competency model, the evaluation index system of the core competence of oncology nurses in advance care planning was initially established through literature analysis, and the indexes and weights were determined by Delphi method and order graph method. Results The evaluation index system consists of 4 first-level indicators,13 second-level indicators and 61 third-level indicators. The questionnaire recovery rates of the two rounds of expert letter consultation were 90% and 100%, the expert authority coefficient were 0.950 and 0.950 respectively, and the Kendall harmony coefficient was 0.173 and 0.240, respectively. After the second round of expert correspondence, the average importance scores of 61 third-level indicators were 4.00~5.00. Conclusion The evaluation index system constructed in this study is scientific, reliable and practical, and can provide a basis for the evaluation of the core competence of the advance care planning for oncology nurses.