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Nursing Clinical Competence Scale (NCCS)
The NCCS is a multidimensional self-assessment and clinician-rated instrument measuring nursing students' perceived and observed clinical competence across technical, interpersonal, and cognitive domains. Developed by Walt and van der Walt in 2009, the scale evaluates students' mastery of fundamental nursing skills, critical thinking, communication, and professional judgment. It is used in nursing education to monitor competence development, identify learning gaps, and predict readiness for licensure examinations (e.g., NCLEX-RN).
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- Walt, R. & van der Walt, C. (2009). The nursing clinical competence scale: Development and psychometric testing of a self-assessment instrument. Nurse Educ Today 29(6): 610–616. DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.01.018 ↗
- Kostovich, C. T. & Oswald, S. L. (2016). An exploratory study of valid mechanisms for evaluating NCLEX-RN readiness in undergraduate nursing students. Nurse Educ Today 36(1): 375–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.10.003 ↗