From: Validity and reliability of the spiritual care competency scale for oncology nurses in Taiwan
Item no. | Dimension | Factor loading | AVE | CR | |||
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F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | Â | Â | ||
 | Factor 1 (Professionalization and improving the quality of spiritual care) |  |  |  |  | 0.76 | 0.95 |
s7 | Within the nursing ward, I can contribute to quality assurance in the area of spiritual care | 0.89 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s8 | Within the nursing ward, I can contribute to professional development in the area of spiritual care | 0.88 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s9 | Within the nursing ward, I can identify problems relating to spiritual care in peer discussion sessions | 0.79 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s10 | I can coach other care workers in the area of spiritual care delivery to patients | 0.88 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s11 | I can make policy recommendations on aspects of spiritual care to the management of the nursing ward | 0.89 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s12 | I can implement a spiritual care improvement project in the nursing ward | 0.88 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Factor 2 (Personal support, patient counseling and referral) |  |  |  |  | 0.67 | 0.93 |
s15 | I can give a patient information about spiritual facilities within the care institution (including spiritual care, meditation centre, religious services) | Â | 0.79 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s16 | I can help a patient continue his or her daily spiritual practices (including providing opportunities for rituals, prayer, meditation, reading the Bible/Koran, listening to music) | Â | 0.71 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
s17 | I can attend to a patient’s spirituality during the daily care (e.g. physical care) |  | 0.83 |  |  |  |  |
s18 | I can refer members of a patient’s family to a spiritual advisor/pastor, etc. if they ask me and/or if they express spiritual needs |  | 0.81 |  |  |  |  |
s19 | I can effectively assign care for a patient’s spiritual needs to another care provider/care worker/care discipline |  | 0.84 |  |  |  |  |
s20 | At the request of a patient with spiritual needs, I can in a timely and effective manner refer him or her to another care worker (e.g. a chaplain/the patient’s own priest/imam) |  | 0.87 |  |  |  |  |
s21 | I know when I should consult a spiritual advisor concerning a patient’s spiritual care |  | 0.88 |  |  |  |  |
 | Factor 3 (Attitude towards patient spirituality and communication) |  |  |  |  | 0.71 | 0.94 |
s22 | I show unprejudiced respect for a patient’s spiritual/religious beliefs regardless of his or her spiritual/religious background |  |  | 0.81 |  |  |  |
s23 | I am open to a patient’s spiritual/religious beliefs, even if they differ from my own |  |  | 0.89 |  |  |  |
s24 | I do not try to impose my own spiritual/religious beliefs on a patient | Â | Â | 0.86 | Â | Â | Â |
s25 | I am aware of my personal limitations when dealing with a patient’s spiritual/religious beliefs |  |  | 0.82 |  |  |  |
s26 | I can listen actively to a patient’s ‘life story’ in relation to his or her illness/handicap |  |  | 0.82 |  |  |  |
s27 | I have an accepting attitude in my dealings with a patient (concerned, sympathetic, inspiring trust and confidence, empathetic, genuine, sensitive, sincere and personal) | Â | Â | 0.84 | Â | Â | Â |
 | Factor 4 (Assessment, implementation, providing and evaluation of spiritual care) |  |  |  |  | 0.64 | 0.93 |
s1 | I can report orally and/or in writing on a patient’s spiritual needs |  |  |  | 0.83 |  |  |
s2 | I can tailor care to a patient’s spiritual needs/problems in consultation with the patient |  |  |  | 0.84 |  |  |
s3 | I can tailor care to a patient’s spiritual needs/problems through multidisciplinary consultation |  |  |  | 0.77 |  |  |
s4 | I can record the nursing component of a patient’s spiritual care in the nursing plan |  |  |  | 0.76 |  |  |
s5 | I can report in writing on a patient’s spiritual functioning |  |  |  | 0.81 |  |  |
s6 | I can report orally on a patient’s spiritual functioning |  |  |  | 0.87 |  |  |
s13 | I can provide a patient with spiritual care | Â | Â | Â | 0.75 | Â | Â |
s14 | I can evaluate the spiritual care that I have provided in consultation with the patient and in the disciplinary/multidisciplinary team | Â | Â | Â | 0.74 | Â | Â |