A decade of peer-reviewed nursing research

Engström, M., Xu, L., Nilsson, J., Carlsson, M., & Flodén, A. (2026). Development and validation of two brief versions of the Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale: The NPC-6 and NPC-12. Nurse Education Today, 164, 107141.

Martinsen, R., Berg, M., Nakrem, S., & Gardulf, A. (2025). Nursing education in crisis: Exploring Norwegian students' competence and learning disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic [Report]. University of Inland Norway & Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Skavern, H. J., Martinsen, R., Gardulf, A., Smaradottir, A. B., Nysæter, T. M. & Stensvehagen, M. T. (2025). Norske intensiv-, operasjon- og kreftsykepleiestudenters selvrapporterte kompetanse ved oppstart av masterstudiet – en tverrsnittsstudie. Inspira, 20(2):44–57.

Halabi, J.O., Nilsson, J., Lepp, M. (2025). Evaluating the Impact of a 1-Year Internship Program on Professional Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Health Among Saudi Arabian Newly Graduated Nurses. Journal of Transcultural Nursing.

Xu, L., Zhu, K., Nilsson, A., & Engström, M. (2025). Nurse professional competence as a mediator between structural empowerment and person-centered climate in hospital settings. Journal of Nursing Management, 2025, Article 2078705.

Lusmilasari, L., Perdana, M., Pangastuti, HS., Pertiwi, AAP., Nilsson, J., & Lepp, M. (2025). Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale Into Bahasa Indonesia. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 31:e70064.

Flodén, A., Lepp, M., Tilander, P., Svensson A., & Nilsson J. (2025). Nurses' Self-Reported Professional Competence: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Regional Teaching Hospital in Sweden. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 0:1–16.

Tanabe, S., Tanaka, M., Arai, Y., Matsuo, K., Nakrem, S., & Gardulf, A. (2025). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Japanese version of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale Short-Form. Belitung Nursing Journal, 11(2):252-260.

Högstedt, D., Eriksson, E., Jansson, I. & Engström, M. (2024). Self-rated professional competence and well-being at work after obtaining a Swedish nursing license. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 157.

Martinsen, R., Ahlin-Søvde, S., Grov, E.K., Andersson E. K., Gardulf A. (2024). Self-reported competence among advanced practice nursing students in Denmark, Finland and Norway. BMC Nursing 23, 301.

Halabi, J., Nilsson, J., & Lepp, M. (2023). The nurse professional competence scale: Self-reported professional competence among newly graduated nursing students in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal for Health Sciences, 12:1, 16-23.

Xu, L., Lou, Y., Willmer, M., & Engström, M. (2023). Nursing Students' Self-rated Nurse Professional Competence at the End of an International Collaborative Education Program and Follow-up 1 Year Later. Nurse Educator.

Högstedt, D., Jansson, I., Eriksson, E., & Engström, M. (2022). Three paths to a Swedish nursing license. Nurse Education Today.

Bjuresäter, K., Olsson, C., Larsson, M., & Nilsson, J. (2022). Self-reported professional competence among Swedish Contact Nurses in cancer care. Cancer Care Research Online.

Xu, L., Nilsson, J., Zhang, J., Engström, M. (2021). Psychometric evaluation of Nurse Professional Competence Scale—Short-form Chinese language version. Nursing Open, 00:1–10.

Halabi, J., Lepp, M., & Nilsson, J. (2021). Professional competence among registered nurses working in hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Transcultural Nursing.

Lachmann, H., & Nilsson, J. (2021). Dual use of instruments for assessing nursing students' professional and clinical competence. Nurse Education Today.

van de Mortel, T., Nilsson, J., & Lepp, M. (2020). Introducing the Nurse Professional Competence Scale in Australia among Bachelor Nursing Students. Collegian.

Halabi, J., Lepp, M., & Nilsson, J. (2020). Assessing Self-Reported Competence among Registered Nurses Working as a Culturally Diverse Work Force in Public Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 1-9.

Carlsson, M. (2019). Self-reported competence in female and male nursing students in the light of theories of hegemonic masculinity and femininity. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Forsman H., Jansson I., Leksell J., Lepp M., Sunding Andersson C., Engström M., & Nilsson J. (2019). Clusters of competence: Relationship between self-reported professional competence and achievement on a national examination. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Nilsson J., Mischo-Kelling M., Thiekoetter A., Deufert D., Cruz Mendes A., Fernandes A., Kirchhoff JW, & Lepp M. (2019). Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) assessed among newly graduated nurses in Higher Educational Institutions in Europe. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research.

Gardulf A., Florin J., Carlsson M., Leksell J., Lepp M., Lindholm C., Nordström G., Theander K., Wilde-Larsson B., & Nilsson J. (2019). The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale: A tool that can be used in national and international assessments of nursing education programmes. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research.

Nilsson J., Engström M., Florin J., Gardulf A., & Carlsson M. (2018). A short version of the nurse professional competence scale for measuring nurses' self-reported competence. Nurse Education Today 71; 233-239.

Castrèn, M., Mäkinen, M., Nilsson, J., & Lindström, V. (2017). The effects of interprofessional education. International Emergency Nursing 32, 50-55.

Gardulf A. et al. (2016). The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale: Self-reported competence among nursing students on the point of graduation. Nurse Education Today 36, 165-171.

Nilsson J., Gardulf A., & Lepp M. (2016). Experience of translation and adaptation of the Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 6, 100-103.

Nilsson J. et al. (2016). Disaster nursing: Self-reported competence of nursing students and registered nurses. Nurse Education in Practice 17, 102-108.

Theander K. et al. (2016). Adjusting to future demands in healthcare — the impact of curriculum changes on nursing students' self-reported professional competence. Nurse Education Today 37, 178-183.

Leksell J., Gardulf A., Nilsson J., & Lepp M. (2015). Self-reported conflict management competence among nursing students on the point of graduation and registered nurses with professional experience. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 5(8): 82-89.

Nilsson J. et al. (2014). Nursing in a Globalized World: Nursing Students with International Study Experience Report Higher Competence at Graduation. Open Journal of Nursing 4, 848-858.

Nilsson J., Johansson E., Egmar A-C., et al. (2014). Development and validation of a new tool measuring nurses self-reported professional competence — The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale. Nurse Education Today 34; 574-580.