Measuring nursing competence: Development of a self-assessment tool for general nurses across Europe

Validation of a New Instrument for Self-Assessment of Nurses’ Core Competencies in Palliative Care

“…Further testing, for example, in regard to specialized nurses in palliative care, is needed. Third, self-assessment is subjective and, therefore, an over- or underestimation of own achievements can occur [53–55]. It is difficult to know the degree to which self-assessed competence is related to actual behaviour, in this case nursing activities.…”

Psychometric Testing of an Instrument Measuring Core Competencies of Nursing Students

“…13,14,20 Based on the relevant literature and experience, the researchers used the holistic model of competency to develop items as competency indicators to reflect the educational goals of the research college. The meaning of 8 competences in the NSCC scale was defined on the basis of a literature review.…”

The relationship between workplace learning and midwives’ and nurses’ self-reported competence: A cross-sectional survey

“…On the other hand, the majority of studies on nursing competence remain descriptive in nature, and do not go beyond identifying the antecedents of competence. Indeed, many of the existing studies have aimed at identifying the attributes of nursing competence (Axley, 2008;Smith, 2012;Valloze, 2009), the scales to measure it (Bartlett et al, 2000;Cowan et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2009;Meretoja et al, 2004a), and the level of competence demonstrated by nurses (Chang et al, 2012;Meretoja and Leino-Kilpi, 2003;Meretoja et al, 2014). Only a limited number of studies have explored the antecedents of competence, such as critical thinking ability (Chang et al, 2011;Wangensteen et al, 2012), but none of them have explored the impact of learning.…”