%0 Journal Article
%T Studying the Impact of Clinical Decision-Making and Critical Thinking on the Quality of Nursing Care
%A Emine İlaslan
%A Derya Adıbelli
%A Gamze Teskereci
%A Şengül Üzen Cura
%J Journal of Integrative Nursing and Palliative Care
%@ 3006-5550
%D 2023
%V 3
%N 2
%R 10.51847/fsTLiDadY3
%P 7-13
%X Critical thinking and the clinical decision-making power of nurses are among the factors to amend the quality of health care. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between clinical decision-making and critical thinking in the quality of nursing care in nurses. This descriptive-analytical study was done with the participation of 226 nurses working in internal surgical departments. Data were collected through California critical thinking skills questionnaires, clinical decision-making, and quality of nursing care and using multi-stage stratified sampling proportional to volume. The findings were analyzed by descriptive and inferential tests (Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t, and one-way analysis of variance) in SPSS software version 23. The average scores of quality of nursing care, clinical decision-making, and critical thinking were 199.43±26.97, 87.72±13.98, and 7.99±3.15, respectively. High nursing care quality and poor critical thinking were reported. Pearson's correlation coefficient did not show a significant relationship between critical thinking score and nursing care quality score (P>0.001), but the results demonstrated a significant relationship between clinical decision-making score and nursing care quality score (P
%U https://journalinpc.com/article/studying-the-impact-of-clinical-decision-making-and-critical-thinking-on-the-quality-of-nursing-care-qhtt4mfuhnjuazi