SUMMARY Purpose Nurse practitioners (NPs) are increasingly important in healthcare as
they play a key role in leading advanced nursing practices. Assessing their professional …

Aims To develop a self‐report assessment inventory to evaluate nurses' professionalism and
test its validity and reliability. Background Professionalism is essential for nurses' …

Aims and objectives. This paper is a report of a study conducted to investigate differences
between nurse practitioners' perceptions of the importance of required competencies and …

Abstract Background The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale with 88-items has
been used to measure self-reported competence among nursing students and registered …

The nurse practitioner (NP) system aims to enhance medical care quality, prevent and
reduce human errors in medical care, and instill a cooperative spirit in medical teams …

Objectives To develop and validate a new tool intended for measuring self-reported
professional competence among both nurse students prior to graduation and among …

Background & Aim: Studies on Nurses' Clinical Competence and its related contextual
factors have controversial and sometimes unexpected results. Regarding the role of Nurses' …

BACKGROUND: Nurses play a crucial role in patient-care. Therefore, assessing nurses'
clinical competence is essential to achieve qualified and safe care. The aim of this study was …

Background Nursing practice requires application of knowledge, skills and values in various
combinations and has undergone substantial changes the last decades. An increased focus …

Aims and objectives. To develop an instrument to measure public health nurse
competencies in Taiwan and to test its psychometric properties. Background. Core …