CONTENT VALIDITY OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATICS GUIDING EDUCATION REFORM (TIGER) ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR INFORMATICS COMPETENCIES OF GRADUATING NURSING STUDENT

Informatics competencies assessment instrument developed by Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) is an essential tool for appraising the graduating student nurses? competencies in nursing informatics. The TIGER recommended informatics competencies developed through collaborative effort of expert health care professionals abroad, validation of its content was not appraised in the Philippine setting. A need for further validation supports universal practical application of the tool despite variations in the age of technology country-by-country. Hence, this paper aims to examine the content validity of TIGER assessment instrument for informatics competencies in the context of graduating student nurses. Methods employed are literature review and 4-point scale content validity questionnaire rating each item for relevance, ambiguity, clarity, and simplicity. The assessment tool as divided into three domain ? computer competencies with eleven main items and 211 sub-items, information literacy competencies with five main items and 39 sub-items, and information management competencies with five main items and 70sub-items has been evaluated through Content Validity Ratio (CVR), Content Validity Index (CVI) and Modified Kappa Coefficient (K*). The result for CVR scores revealed that 308 out of320 items are considered critical by the content experts. Then, CVI and K* revealed that still 308items under the three domains of informatics competencies are appropriate and excellent while the remaining 12 were reasonably deleted. Thus, the instrument is a valid and excellent instrument to address informatics competencies of graduating student nurses in the country.