HA-MNCS: Core Competency Scale for Military Nurses in High-Altitude Environments

36-item psychometric scale measuring core competencies for military nurses operating in high-altitude extreme environments. The scale, developed by Shijie Fang and published on figshare in 2026, consists of four dimensions: theoretical knowledge, professional skill, comprehensive ability, and personal trait. Its validation involved 220 active-duty or civilian nurses from two hospitals in China.

Use Cases

• Assessing training needs for military medical personnel based on the four competency dimensions.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of high-altitude rescue training programs using the validated scale.
• Conducting psychometric research on occupational competency in extreme environments.
• Benchmarking performance across different military medical units using the standardized scores.

Strengths

• Demonstrated high reliability with a Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.948 and test-retest reliability of 0.962.
• Strong content validity with a scale-content validity index (S-CVI) of 0.978.
• Good model fit from confirmatory factor analysis with RMSEA <0.08 and CFI >0.9.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the sampling from two hospitals in China.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Scale developed via literature review, interviews, expert consultation, and validated via questionnaire data from 220 nurses using convenience sampling.

Time Range

Publication date is 2026; specific data collection period is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 04:35:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data collection involved nurses from two hospitals in China.