Abstract: Objective To construct an admission and competency evaluation indicator system for supervisors of nursing undergraduates in teaching hospitals, and to provide reference for the selection and assessment of the supervisors. Methods Based on the framework of the iceberg competency model, the draft of evaluation indicator system for supervisors of nursing undergraduates in teaching hospitals was constructed after literature review and semi-structured interviews, then 2 rounds of consultation were conducted in 20 experts from 9 tertiary grade-A hospitals and 7 universities in 15 provinces in China using Delphi method. Analytic hierarchy process was used to analyze the index weight of the final evaluation indicator system. Results Effective response rate of the two rounds of expert consultation was 88% and 95%, authority coefficients 0.910 and 0.918, respectively. Coefficient of variation varied from 0 to 0.232, and Kendall harmony coefficient was 0.296 and 0.313, respectively. The final admission and competency evaluation indicator system for supervisors of nursing undergraduates in teaching hospitals consisted of 4 admission indicators, 4 first-level, 9 second-level, and 44 third-level indicators. Conclusion The admission and competency evaluation indicator system for supervisors of nursing undergraduates in teaching hospitals is scientific and reliable, which provide reference for the selection, evaluation, and management of supervisors of nursing undergraduates in teaching hospitals.

Key words: teaching hospitals, supervisors, competency