Table 1.

Components of nursing competency

	Clinical Nursing Competence	Nursing clinical ladder	Holistic Nursing Competence Scale	Clinical Nursing Competence Self-assessment Scale: CNCSS
			General aptitude	Basic responsibilities
	Matsutani (2010)	Japanese Nursing Association (2016)	Takase (2011)	Nakayama (2008)
Ability to understand people and situations	Ability to apply knowledge (assessment)	Ability to understand needs		Clinical judgment
	Ability to build interpersonal relationships (communication)			Supportive interpersonal relationships
Ability to provide people-centered care	Ability to provide nursing care	Ability to provide care	Nursing care in team	Planned nursing implementation
				Evaluation of care
	Ability to collaborate with other professionals	Ability to collaborate		Care coordination
				Health promotion
	Ability to practice ethically	Ability to support decision making	Ethically-oriented practice	Ethical practice
Ability to improve nursing quality	Ability to expand professional capacity		Professional development	Professional development
				Continuous learning
	Ability to ensure and deliver high-quality nursing		Staff education and management	Risk management
				Quality improvement
				Nursing care management (fulfilment of responsibilities)