“…The Nurse Competence Scale (NCS) was the most used tool ( N = 10; Kuokkanen et al., 2016; Lima et al., 2016; Lima et al., 2014; Numminen et al., 2014; Numminen et al., 2015a; Numminen et al., 2015b; Numminen, Leino‐Kilpi, et al., 2016; Numminen et al., 2017; Numminen, Ruoppa, et al, 2016; Wangensteen et al., 2012). All other tools were used in four or less research papers each: Six‐Dimension Scale of Nurse Performance (6‐D Scale; Aggar, Bloomfield, Thomas, & Gordon, 2017; Aggar, Gordon, Thomas, Wadsworth, & Bloomfield, 2018), Modified Six‐Dimension Scale of Nurse Performance (M6‐D Scale; Bratt, Baernholdt, & Pruszynski, 2014), Holistic Nursing Competence Scale (HNCS; Jung et al., 2017; Takase et al., 2014), New Graduate Registered Nurse Transition Program Competency Tool (NGRNTPCT; Oblea et al., 2019), Nurse Competence Questionnaire (NCQ; Chen, Chen, Chen, Kuo, Li, & Chiang, 2017; Chen, Chien, et al, 2017), Nurse Professional Competence (NPC; Holowaychuk, 2018) and Overall Competency Tool/Specific Competency Tool (OCT/SCT; Blegen et al., 2015; Spector et al., 2015; Wilson et al., 2018; Woda et al., 2019).…”