“…These included surveys, interviews, and focus groups to describe experiences on integrating NPs and CNSs into hospitals (Bahouth et al, ; O'Rourke & Higuchi, ; Sievers & Wolf, ) and expressed clinical competences (Nieminen et al, ), a case study on an education program for CNLs (Ailey et al, ), exploring the effect of a mentor program of NP students on developing leadership competencies (Leggat et al, ), piloting an assessment for performance review of NPs and CNSs (Kalb et al, ) and multi‐method research to develop shared competencies and educational standards for APNs (Bender et al, ; Carryer et al, ; Gardner et al, ; Goldberg et al, ). Eight were descriptive studies on (experiences with) educational programs for CNLs or CNSs (Ailey et al, ; Baernholdt & Cottingham, ; Gerard et al, ; Goldberg et al, ; Leggat et al, ; Maag, Buccheri, Capella, & Jennings, ; Sievers & Wolf, ; Thompson & Nelson‐Marten, ) Baernholdt and Cottingham (Baernholdt & Cottingham, ) also reported on the development of the CNL role in practice. Six studies explicitly described leadership competencies (Bender et al, ; Gardner et al, ; Gerard et al, ; Goldberg et al, ; Kalb et al, ; Nieminen et al, ).…”