ArticleBMJ open2023
Competency in nursing practice: a concept analysis.
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- Nurses' Experiences and Perceptions of Evidence-Based Healthcare Competence: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
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- Effects of an evidence-based practice intensive on competency: a pre/post domain-level program evaluation.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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- Development and Validation of the Professional Self-Concept Scale for Hospital Nurses (PSCS-HN).Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Nurses' Professional Performance: The Development and Evaluation of a Formative Workplace-Based Self-Assessment Instrument.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Challenges faced by prehospital emergency physicians providing emergency care to pediatric patients : Defining entrustable professional activities by identifying self-perceived competency strengths and deficits in prehospital emergency medicine.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- The influence of self-efficacy and satisfaction with e-learning on academic performance among nursing students: a multisite study.BMC medical education · 2026Observational
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- The relationship between nursing students' perceived self-efficacy in physical examination and their attitudes toward clinical practice: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveCompetency denotes the ability to execute a certain task or action with the necessary knowledge. Competency definitions and measurements are challenging for nursing and other professions due to their multidimensional aspects. This study aimed to clarify the concept of competency in nursing practice and propose an accurate definition.
designWalker and Avant's approach was used to elucidate the concept of competency in nursing practice. DATA SOURCES: ScienceDirect, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus and CINAHL were searched from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: We included studies with the keywords: "concept analysis", "competence", "competency" and "nursing". The search was limited to full-text studies written in English that used theoretical and empirical approaches. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: We extracted the concept's uses, defining attributes, and the consequences and antecedents of the concept.
results60 articles were identified from the search process; after excluding duplicates and works unrelated to the study aim and context following the full-text screening, 10 articles were included in this concept analysis. The common defining attributes of competency were knowledge, self-assessment and dynamic state. Competency in nursing practice had many reported positive consequences that include but are not limited to improved patient, nurse and organisational outcomes.
conclusionsNurses can benefit from the result of this analysis in practice to implement professional care, in particular clinical contexts and situations to enhance patients' health.
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