“…The educational arena most clearly uses self‐confidence in the realm of (b) academic success or failure (Nokelainen, Tirri, & Merenti‐Valimaki, 2007; Plecha, 2002) and (c) athleticism (Hutchinson & Mercier, 2004; Mellalieu, Neil, & Hanton, 2006). Psychological literature uses encompass (d) psychological trait comprehension (Oleson, Poehlmann, Yost, Lynch, & Arkin, 2000; Savitsky et al., 1998) and (e) male‐versus‐female confidence (Hilgenkamp & Livingston, 2002; Kumar & Jagacinski, 2006). The nursing literature overwhelmingly uses self‐confidence in the context of (f) strong clinical practice, with reference to skill acquisition, clinical decision‐making, professional socialization, collaboration, and autonomy (Lindsey & Kleiner, 2005; Messmer, Jones, & Taylor, 2004; Oermann & Moffitt‐Wolf, 1997; Ronsten, Andersson, & Gustafsson, 2005).…”