Nurses' Self-Reported Professional Competence: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Regional Teaching Hospital in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate and compare the self-assessed professional competence of registered nurses, specialist nurses and midwives at a regional teaching hospital in Sweden. Moreover, to explore associations between potential predictive background factors and self-assessed professional competence.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Methods

Convenience sample of 615 nurses answered a questionnaire; sociodemographic data, 35-item Nurse Professional Competence Scale, Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale.

Statistical analyses

Fisher's non-parametric permutation test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test, Spearman rank correlation test, calculating sum score. Multiple linear regressions and reliability testing with Cronbach's alpha.

Results

Response rate,

SUBMITTER: Floden A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779241 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature