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Background: Clinical competence in nursing profession has a unique position. The quality of care in the psychiatric wards, which include patients with special conditions, is important. Hence, nurses of these departments must have high clinical competency. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical competency of nurses working in psychiatric wards. Materials and methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 210 nurses working in psychiatric wards of selected hospitals of the University of Behzisti and Tavanbakhshi Sciences were selected by simple random sampling. After completing the demographic questionnaire, clinical function of nurses was assessed by a checklist of clinical competence scale in CCMHN psychiatric nurses. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used in SPSS 21 software. Results: Clinical competence was in a good level among 70.9% of clinical nurses. There was a significant association between work experience and clinical competency, work shift, and clinical competency, and overtime and clinical competence (p<0.05).
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