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OBJECTIVE: This methodically study was carried out to develop and test the psychometric properties of Bachelor's Degree Nursing Program Assessment Scale METHODS: The sample comprised 202 nurses who graduated from a Bachelors Degree Program in Ankara. In order to determine nurses’ ideas and opinions about how knowledge and skills, which are thought during the bachelor programme, contribute professional competence and personal development, a focal group disscussion was held with 12 nurses. Scale statements that are formed as a result of qualitative interviews are presented as a draft to two different experts, the feedback statements given are gathered under the same title and by extracting similar statements, the final draft was reduced down to 40 items. RESULTS: The Bachelor's Degree Nursing Program Assessment Scale consists of four subscales as "Assessment of Professional Development and Competence", "Assessment of Teaching Process", "Assessment of Individual Development", and "Gaining universal, national and professional values". Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient for the Bachelor's Degree Nursing Program Assessment scale is 0.97 and four subscales ranged from 0.91 to 0.95. Test–retest reliability coefficient for the scale is 0.95 for the scale and ranged from 0.90 to 0.95 for the subscales. CONCLUSION: Bachelor's Degree Nursing Program Assessment Scale was a reliable scale for evaluation of the effectiveness of Bachelor's Degree Nursing Programs in Turkey.

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