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Mental health nursing assessment overemphasizes knowledge and attitudes relative to practical skills, risking theoretically knowledgeable but hands-on incompetent clinicians

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? The review argues that overemphasis on knowledge and attitude assessments without adequate skills evaluation risks producing clinicians who lack hands-on competence, compromising patient safety and care quality. → Calvo Javier Sanz 2026

Evidence

Calvo Javier Sanz 2026

Calvo Javier Sanz, Renghea Mariana Alina, García-Madrid Mercedes Gómez del Pulgar. (2026). Assessment of Mental Health Nurses’ Competences: A Scoping Review. Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría. https://doi.org/10.62641/aep.v54i3.2069

q2 · i? · review · r2

Authors' interpretive synthesis in the discussion of the scoping review. This is the review's own argument, not a tested result: it states the imbalance "risks producing clinicians who are theoretically knowledgeable but lack essential hands-on competence".

"The overemphasis on knowledge and attitude assessments, without adequate evaluation of practical skills, risks producing clinicians who are theoretically knowledgeable but lack essential hands-on competence."

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