Relationships Between Clinical Decision-Making Patterns and Self-Efficacy and Nursing Professionalism in Korean Pediatric Nurses.
As pediatric nurses must make decisions on a regular basis when caring for hospitalized children, clinical decision-making abilities are necessary in this profession. In the present study, we explored clinical decision-making patterns and their association with self-efficacy and nursing professionalism in pediatric nurses. We surveyed 173 pediatric nurses and analyzed the relationships between their clinical decision-making patterns and self-efficacy and nursing professionalism. Factor analysis identified 5 clinical decision-making patterns: patient-family-nurse collaborative (PNC), individual patient-oriented (IP), nurse model-oriented (NM), pattern-oriented intuitive (PI), and nursing knowledge-oriented (NK). The most frequently observed clinical decision-making pattern was the PNC. The self-efficacy and nursing professionalism were found to be higher in pediatric nurses using the IP and NM, and were lower for those using the PNC. Thus, the present results suggest that pediatric nurses' clinical decision-making patterns are influenced by nursing professionalism and self-efficacy. Therefore, intervention programs focusing on these variables might improve clinical decision-making in pediatric nurses.
['Choi|Miyoung|M|', 'Kim|Jisoo|J|']
D000328:Adult D000704:Analysis of Variance D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D005260:Female D006801:Humans D007723:Korea D008297:Male D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations D000072222:Nurses, Pediatric D009730:Nursing Assessment D000068616:Professionalism D020377:Self Efficacy D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D055815:Young Adult
Clinical decision-making Self-efficacy Nursing professionalism Pediatric nurse