Adaptation and Validation of the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique for Nurse Anesthesia Graduate Students

Background: Endsley's Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) is accepted as a valid and reliable situation awareness (SA) measurement tool in event-driven domains, including health care specialties. This study validated an adapted SAGAT to quantify anesthesia providers' SA in a simulation. Method: Using exploratory sequential mixed methods, SAGAT items were adapted and validated using qualitative techniques and further validated by quantitative approaches. The study used 2 samples of CRNA, nurse anesthesia educators. Results: Content analysis of identified and validated SA requirements elicited SAGAT items, with the final item list demonstrating I-CVIs of 0.83 to 1.0 and S-CVI/Ave of 0.92. Conclusion(s): An anesthesia providers' competence is directly related to clinical decision making and thus SA, necessitating the importance of its measurement. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning.