TY - JOUR T1 - Nursing Competence of Students: Congruence Between the Perceptions of Nursing Students’ and Their Preceptors’ Assessment TT - Öğrencilerin Hemşirelik Yeterliği: Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Algıları ile Rehberlerinin Değerlendirmeleri Arasındaki Uyum AU - Akyol, Merve Aliye AU - Ayik, Cahide AU - Seren İntepeler, Şeyda PY - 2025 DA - September Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.17049/jnursology.1535780 JF - Journal of Nursology PB - Atatürk Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2822-2954 SP - 275 EP - 282 VL - 28 IS - 3 LA - en AB - Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the congruence between nursing students' self-assessments and their preceptors' assessments of nursing competence at graduation.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with a purposeful sample of 382 participants, including 191 nursing students and 191 nurses serving as student preceptors in the west of Türkiye. A descriptive characteristics form and the Holistic Nursing Competence Scale were used to collect data. The data were analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, and standardized mean differences. The study was documented according to the STROBE checklist.Results: At the group level, the nursing students' self-assessment for overall nursing competence (5.60 ± 0.88) was higher than the assessment by preceptors (5.37 ± 1.32) and significantly different (t = 2.277, P = .024, Cohen's d = .165). When congruence between students’ and preceptors’ assessments was examined at the single student-preceptor level, in comparison to their preceptors, students rated their nursing competence higher on every sub-scale and the overall competence scale.Conclusion: The present study revealed a lack of congruence between student self-assessments and preceptor assessments. Students rated their own competencies higher than the preceptors compared to the preceptors’ evaluations. The findings suggest that it is important to be careful when evaluating students' competence levels, and that it is necessary to use different assessment methods, such as rubrics, in addition to self-assessment. KW - Competence KW - compliance KW - nursing students KW - nurses N2 - Amaç: Bu çalışma, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin öz değerlendirmeleri ile rehberlerinin mezuniyet aşamasında hemşirelik yeterliğine ilişkin değerlendirmeleri arasındaki uyumu değerlendirmeyi amaçlamıştır.Yöntemler: Bu kesitsel, tanımlayıcı çalışma, Türkiye’nin batısında 191 hemşirelik öğrencisi ve onlara rehberlik yapan 191 hemşire dâhil olmak üzere 382 katılımcıdan oluşan amaçlı bir örneklemde gerçekleşti. Verilerin toplanmasında tanımlayıcı özellikler formu ve Bütünsel Hemşirelik Yeterlik Ölçeği kullanıldı. Veriler tanımlayıcı istatistikler, eşleştirilmiş t-testi ve standartlaştırılmış ortalama fark kullanılarak analiz edildi. Çalışma STROBE kontrol listesine göre yazılmıştır.Bulgular: Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin genel hemşirelik yeterliğine ilişkin öz değerlendirmeleri (5,60 ± 0,88), rehberlerin değerlendirmesinden (5,37 ± 1,32) grup düzeyinde daha yüksekti ve anlamlı derecede farklıydı (t = 2,277, P = ,024, Cohen d = ,165). Öğrencilerin ve rehberlerin değerlendirmeleri arasındaki uyum tek öğrenci-rehber düzeyinde incelendiğinde, rehberlerle karşılaştırıldığında öğrenciler hemşirelik yeterliklerini her alt boyutta ve toplam yeterlilik ölçeğinde daha yüksek puanladılar.Sonuç: Bu çalışma, öğrencilerin öz değerlendirmeleri ile rehber değerlendirmeleri arasında uyum eksikliği olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Rehberlerin değerlendirmeleriyle karşılaştırıldığında öğrenciler kendi yeterliklerini rehber hemşirelerden daha yüksek değerlendirmişti. 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