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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

Publié en ligne: 26 mars 2024

Pages: 119 - 126

Reçu: 19 déc. 2022

Accepté: 05 févr. 2023

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

Mots clés
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

Publié en ligne: 26 mars 2024

Pages: 119 - 126

Reçu: 19 déc. 2022

Accepté: 05 févr. 2023

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

Mots cléscritical 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.

Mots clés
critical thinking, nursing education, professional commitment, skills, strategies