Italian Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Evidence‐Based Practice (EBP) Competency Scale.
Background: Evidence‐based practice (EBP) competence is essential to high‐quality and safe nursing care, yet rigorously validated instruments to assess EBP competencies are lacking in the Italian context. Aims: To translate, culturally adapt, and psychometrically validate the Italian version of the...
| Publicado en: | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Aug2026
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