title: New Graduate Nurses' Developmental Trajectories for Capability Beliefs Concerning Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals: A National Cohort Study on Patient-Centered Care, Teamwork, and Evidence-based Practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study aimed to describe the developmental trajectories of registered nurses' capability beliefs during their first 3 years of practice. The focus was on three core competencies for health professionals-patient-centered care, teamwork, and evidence-based practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  A national cohort of registered nurses (n = 1,205) was recruited during their nursing education and subsequently surveyed yearly during the first 3 years of working life. The survey included 16 items on capability beliefs divided into three subscales for the assessment of patient-centered care, teamwork, and evidence-based practice, and the data were analyzed with linear latent growth modeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The nurses' capability beliefs for patient-centered care increased over the three first years of working life, their capability beliefs for evidence-based practice were stable over the 3 years, and their capability beliefs for teamwork showed a downward trend.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through collaboration between nursing education and clinical practice, the transition to work life could be supported and competence development in newly graduated nurses could be enhanced to help them master the core competencies. Future research should focus on determining which factors impact the development of capability beliefs in new nurses and how these factors can be developed by testing interventions.
authors.affiliation: Professor in Nursing, School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehrenberg
authors.affiliation: Professor of Psychology, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Petter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gustavsson
authors.affiliation: Professor in Nursing, School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.|Professor II, Department of Nursing, Stord/Haugesund University College, Norway.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boström
authors.affiliation: Researcher, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rudman
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: capability beliefs; core competencies; linear latent growth modeling; longitudinal; national cohort study; new graduate nurses; social cognitive theory