Development and validation of an instrument to measure nurses' compassion competence

To develop and psychometrically validate the Compassion Competence Scale. Compassion is a vital asset in the nursing profession; thus, it is necessary to develop a suitable instrument for assessment. The 49-item preliminary instrument was developed using concept analysis (hybrid model). Content and face validity were confirmed by 10 experts and 10 nurses, respectively, and the number of items was reduced to 18. The tool was tested on 660 nurses...