Context: The ability to think critically is an essential element in nursing education and more specifically in nurses' clinical decision making (CDM).

Aims: Critical thinking (CT) and CDM ability as well as their relationship were examined among nursing students of Kerman University.

Settings And Design: STUDY WAS DESIGNED IN FOUR TOWNS: Kerman, Bam, Jiroft, and Zarand, settled in Kerman province.

Materials And Methods: This research was a cross-sectional descriptive correlation study. 300 nursing students with different level of education were asked to fill two questionnaires including: (1) California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) and (2) Lauri and Salantera (2002) CDM instrument.

Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed with SPSS12 and descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: Nursing students yielded a low score (mean = 5/40 from 20) of CT and a mild score (mean = 12.8 from 20) of CDM. We found positively correlation between male and CT and CDM score with mean score of the nursing student. Also CDM score in male was more than female but not significant, and Jirofts CDM nursing student was significantly better than other city.

Conclusions: Although students that answers evaluation question in CCTST better can gave better CDM score but there isn't relationship between CT and CDM of nursing student. The finding showed that mean score of nursing student CT was low. Reason can be either due to the defects of nursing education program, teaching, and learning strategies.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733290PMC

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

nursing student
20
critical thinking
12
nursing students
12
cdm score
12
nursing
10
clinical decision
8
decision making
8
nursing education
8
cdm
8
score nursing
8

Similar Publications

Nurse Leader Perspectives on Precepting in a Graduate Nursing Administration Practicum.

J Nurs Adm

December 2024

Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Hickman), Assistant Professor (Dr Petri), and Coordinator (Connors), University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.

Objective: To describe practicum experiences as perceived by nurse leader preceptors of graduate students in a nursing administration practicum.

Background: Practicum experiences in graduate nursing administration programs provide students with exposure to the real-life experiences of nurse leaders, bridging the gap between academic knowledge gained and the application of that information to the workplace. The literature lacks best practices for graduate nursing administration practicum experiences.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Disease-related fatalities in Saudi Arabia (SA) are on the rise, with 28% of all deaths attributed to cardiovascular diseases, followed by cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disorders. In response to this issue, pharmacy dispensing practices have been significantly altered. One such innovative approach is the drive-through pharmacy service.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: There is an increased prevalence of mental health problems in various population groups as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, especially regarding anxiety, stress, depression, fear, and sleep disturbances, require to be investigated longitudinally.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the mental health of Nursing students, as well as to examine other associated factors such as anxiety, fear, sleep disturbances, and coping strategies.

Method: This systematic review and meta-analysis were designed following the PRISMA guidelines and were registered in PROSPERO with code CRD42024541904.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Unlocking Excellence: Improving Nursing Students' Knowledge of Pressure Injury Prevention through an Escape Room Experience.

Adv Skin Wound Care

January 2025

Tuba Sengul, PhD, RN, CWON, is Associate Professor, Koç University School of Nursing, Istanbul, Türkiye. Nurten Kaya, PhD, RN, is Professor, Health Sciences Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul.

Objective: To determine if an escape room game approach, which has emerged as a novel and engaging education tool, is an effective method to improve nursing students' knowledge of pressure injury (PI) prevention and attitudes toward the care of patients with a PI.

Methods: This study evaluated 33 university nursing students using a quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design. Students completed five questionnaires before the escape room experience and again 1 month after.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Patients' Willingness to Perform Self-Wound Care: A Cross-sectional Study in the Primary Healthcare Sector in Singapore.

Adv Skin Wound Care

January 2025

Ling Jia Goh, MClin Res, MHA, Adv Dip (CCNC), BHS (Nursing), Dip (Nursing with Merit), is Nurse Manager (Research), Department of Nursing, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, Singapore. Xiaoli Zhu, MN, RN, is Wound Care Senior Nurse Clinician, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, and PhD candidate, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Background: Patient adherence to performing self-wound care (SWC) has a direct influence on the success of telewound care, a healthcare delivery mode that emerged in 2016 in National Healthcare Group Polyclinics in Singapore to relieve the healthcare burden. This mode of delivery was useful during the pandemic, when nonurgent face-to-face visits were switched to the use of telecommunications for consultation. Telewound care requires that patients be willing to perform wound care on their own; however, whether patients are willing to do so remains unknown.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!