Building bridges of excellence: a comprehensive competence framework for nurses in hospice and palliative care—a mixed method study

Table 7 The importance score and theoretical underline structures of HPC competences framework for Chinese nurse

Competency domains	Mean	SD	CV	Rotated matrix of two factors		Factors
Competency domains	Mean	SD	CV	1	2	Factors
Responsibility	4.87	0.38	0.08	0.87	0.35	Factor 1: Basic Competences
Self-psychological regulation	4.87	0.38	0.08	0.87	0.37
Interpersonal communication	4.86	0.39	0.08	0.84	0.41
Stress management	4.85	0.39	0.08	0.82	0.38
Comfort care	4.86	0.40	0.08	0.81	0.48
Dignity protection	4.85	0.40	0.08	0.80	0.44
Psychological care	4.85	0.42	0.09	0.79	0.50
Self-awareness	4.82	0.42	0.09	0.79	0.44
Empathy	4.82	0.43	0.09	0.78	0.37
Affinity	4.83	0.42	0.09	0.76	0.44
Life education	4.84	0.42	0.09	0.74	0.48
Spirit of contribution	4.81	0.45	0.09	0.74	0.39
Symptom management	4.83	0.45	0.09	0.74	0.40
Spirit care	4.84	0.43	0.09	0.74	0.54
Interprofessional collaboration	4.79	0.47	0.10	0.70	0.51
Self-motivated learning	4.80	0.46	0.10	0.67	0.59
Bereavement care	4.77	0.51	0.11	0.58	0.55
Facilitate decision-making	4.75	0.52	0.11	0.40	0.83	Factor 2: Developmental Competences
Achievement motivation	4.71	0.57	0.12	0.31	0.83
Leadership	4.71	0.56	0.12	0.38	0.82
Innovative spirit	4.74	0.54	0.11	0.39	0.82
Organization and coordination	4.75	0.52	0.11	0.45	0.77
Evidence-based practice	4.78	0.48	0.10	0.52	0.69
Ethics and legal awareness	4.78	0.51	0.11	0.46	0.67
Critical thinking	4.78	0.47	0.10	0.60	0.65

Extraction method was principal component analysis; rotation method was varimax with Kaiser normalization; loadings larger than 0.40 are in bold

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