Aims To identify clusters based on graduating nursing students' self‐reported professional
competence and their achievement on a national examination. Furthermore, to describe and …

Background The evaluation of nurses' competence is of paramount importance for educators
and administrators, along with identifying factors that facilitate or hinder competence …

Aim To examine the overall level of self‐assessed competence of final‐year nursing
'bachelors' degree students in the Czech Republic. In addition, the study aimed at the factors …

Aim To analyse graduating nursing students' self‐assessed competence level in Europe at
graduation, at the beginning of nursing career. Design An international cross‐sectional …

During nursing education, nursing students are required to develop their competence to be
able to fulfill their duties safely as Registered Nurses. The aims of this study were to explore …

Background The transition from a nursing student to a professional nurse is both challenging
and stressful. Competence of graduating nursing students is related to patient safety and …

Background Nursing competence is of significant importance for patient care. Newly
graduated nursing students rate their competence as high. However, the impact of different …

Self-assessment is widely used to assess competence in health care, although there is
evidence of the weaknesses of self-assessment in the literature. In general, the process of …

The quality of basic nursing bachelor programmes nationally and internationally must
regularly be assessed to ensure that they fulfil requirements and are appropriate in relation …

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