Self-assessed competence among final year undergraduate nursing students in a teaching hospital

Abstract

Competence is required degree of knowledge, skill and attitude for standard nursing care. Self-assessment of competence helps nurses to enhance their practice by identifying their areas of strength and potential growth professionally. The aim of this study is to assess the self-competence among final year undergraduate nursing students. The descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. The total of 84 nursing students were included. The Nurse Competency Scale (NCS) with 73 items for self-assessment was used. The result of the study shows that majority of students (73.8%) self-assessed them as having very good level of competence. Majority of them responded as very good level of competence in all domains. The overall score of competence was very good that is 81.59±8.81.