Effect of Educational Program about Clinical Judgment Abilities on Intensive Care Nurses' Managerial Skills Acquisition | ||
Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
Volume 38, Issue 3, August 2025 PDF (1.17 M) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2025.450342 | ||
Authors | ||
Hoda Mohammed Ahmed El_Halaby1; , Reda Abd El-Fatah Abo Gad2; Heba Kamal Obied2; Zohor Zakaria El_saeed3 | ||
11 PHD student of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt 2Nursing educator, Tanta University Hospitals, Egypt | ||
2Professor, Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||
35Assistant Professor, Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Background: Clinical judgment abilities are the foundation of quality nursing care in intensive care units. Nurses make multitude of clinical decisions daily. Acquired managerial skills can help the nurses' progression. Aim: To determine the effect of educational program about clinical judgment abilities on IC nurses' managerial skills acquisition in intensive care units. Methods: the subject included 117 IC nurses who worked at Tanta University Main Hospital. Tools: Three tools were used to collect data: IC nurses' clinical judgment and skill acquisition knowledge questionnaire, IC nurses' clinical judgment abilities self report and IC nurses' managerial skills acquisition self-report. Results: preprogram, none of IC nurses had a high level of overall knowledge about clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition that improved post program to 94.9%. Preprogram, 10.3% and 8.5% of IC nurses had high levels of clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition practices while post program, majority (93.2% & 93.2%) of them had high levels of clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition practices with slightly decreased (88% & 81.2%) after 3 months. Conclusion: Implementing the educational program about clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition improved IC nurses' knowledge and practices with a statistically significant positive correlation was detected between nurses' knowledge about clinical judgment abilities and managerial skill acquisition and its practices. Recommendation: Establish periodic pre-service orientation program for IC nurses about clinical judgment to improve their practices regarding managerial skills. | ||
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