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<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment. The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking disposition, professional commitment, and the relationship between these 2 variables among nurses.</p>
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<h3>Methods</h3>
<p>As a result of stratified random sampling, 201 nurses were enrolled in the present cross-sectional study. Data were gathered using a socio-demographic form, the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CTDI), and the Nurses’ Professional Commitment Scale (NPCS).</p>
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<h3>Results</h3>
<p>Although the critical thinking disposition scores were at a moderate level (115.70 ± 13.55), the mean score for professional commitment was high (91.37 ± 11.77). A positive correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and professional commitment (<italic>r</italic> = 0.67, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001).</p>
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<p>Nursing managers are urged to employ strategies to enhance nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.</p>
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Objective
High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment. The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking disposition, professional commitment, and the relationship between these 2 variables among nurses.


Methods
As a result of stratified random sampling, 201 nurses were enrolled in the present cross-sectional study. Data were gathered using a socio-demographic form, the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CTDI), and the Nurses’ Professional Commitment Scale (NPCS).


Results
Although the critical thinking disposition scores were at a moderate level (115.70 ± 13.55), the mean score for professional commitment was high (91.37 ± 11.77). A positive correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and professional commitment (r = 0.67, P = 0.001).


Conclusions
Nursing managers are urged to employ strategies to enhance nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.

Nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers of Nursing

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Objective
High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment. The...

Nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment: a cross-sectional study

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 26, 2024

Page range: 119 - 126

Received: Dec 19, 2022

Accepted: Feb 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0013

Keywords
critical thinking, nursing education, professional commitment, skills, strategies

© 2024 Mahtab Allah Tavakoli et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment: a cross-sectional study

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 26, 2024

Page range: 119 - 126

Received: Dec 19, 2022

Accepted: Feb 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0013

Keywordscritical thinking, nursing education, professional commitment, skills, strategies

© 2024 Mahtab Allah Tavakoli et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
critical thinking, nursing education, professional commitment, skills, strategies