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Oct 2026
Heterogeneity in clinical nurses’ core competency and its associations with self-efficacy and self-directed learning ability: a cross-sectional latent profile analysis
Clinical nurses’ core competency showed clear heterogeneity, with a relatively small high-level subgroup, and self-directed learning ability and self-efficacy were modifiable correlates of more favourable competency profiles and may inform stratified competency development strategies.
Ming-Jiang Huang, Yin-He Xuan, Jing-Mei Cao et al.
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