Development and validation of a new tool measuring nurses self-reported professional competence-The nurse professional competence (NPC) Scale

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-580

  Nilsson, Jan ^a   Johansson, Eva ^b   Egmar, Ann Charlotte ^c   Florin, Jan ^d   Leksell, Janeth ^d   Lepp, Margret ^e,f   Lindholm, Christina ^g   Nordström, Gun ^a,h   Theander, Kersti ^a   Wilde Larsson, Bodil ^a,h   Carlsson, Marianne ^i,j   Gardulf, Ann ^k  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

^d DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^g SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^h INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^k KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Graduate nurses; Nurses' competence; Nursing education; Nursing students; Professional nursing; Psychometric properties; Quality of care; Safety in healthcare; Scale development; Validation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84895135738     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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