Development of the Nurses' Observation Scale for Cognitive Abilities (NOSCA)

Table 2

Characteristics of experts in the panel (𝑛=16).

Expert	Discipline^(1)	Education^(2)	Field	Setting^(3)	Publications^(4)
1	N	RN	Geriatrics	UH	—
2	N	MScN	Rehabilitation	UH	D
3	N	PhD, MScN	Geriatrics	Univ	I
4	N	MANP	Psychiatry	Psy	D
5	N	RN	Ger	TH	—
6	N	MScN	Psychiatry	UH	I
7	N	MScN	Geriatrics	TH	D
8	N	MScN	Geriatrics	TH	D
9	NP	PhD	Geriatrics	TH	I
10	NP	PhD	Rehabilitation	Univ	I
11	NP	PhD	Geriatrics	Univ	I
12	NP	PhD	Geriatrics	Univ	I
13	M	MD	Geriatrics	UH	—
14	M	MD	Psychiatry	Psy	—
15	M	MD	Geriatrics	TH	I
16	OCC	Occ	Rehabilitation	Reh	—

⁽¹⁾Discipline: N = nursing, NP = neuropsychology; M = medicine, Occ = occupational therapy.
⁽²⁾Education: GN = geriatric registered nurse, PhD = doctor of philosophy, MScN = master of science in nursing, MANP = NP = master of advanced nursing, MD = medical doctor.
⁽³⁾Setting: UH = university hospital, Univ = University, Psy = psychiatric hospital, TH = teaching hospital, Rev = rehabilitation centre.
⁽⁴⁾Publications: D = Dutch publications, I = international publications.