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

Mean score of nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment_

Variable	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SD	M ± SD per item
Critical thinking disposition
Innovation	15	55	40.34 ± 6.37	3.66 ± 0.57
Cognitive maturity	13	41	27.51 ± 5.04	3.05 ± 0.56
Mental engagement	13	65	47.84 ± 8.08	3.68 ± 062
Total	69	144	115.70 ± 13.55
Professional commitment
Nursing perception	6	30	19.17 ± 3.89	3.19 ± 0.64
Nursing job satisfaction	4	20	14.47 ± 3.07	3.61 ± 076
Engagement with the nursing profession	6	30	22.53 ± 3.75	3.75 ± 0.62
Self-sacrifice for the nursing profession	18	46	35.18 ± 4.98	3.51 ± 0.49
Total	34	132	91.37 ± 11.77

Correlation between nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment_

Variable	Nursing perception	Nursing job satisfaction	Engagement with the nursing profession	Self-sacrifice for the nursing profession	Total of professional commitment
Innovation	r = 0.26	r = 0.40	r = 0.56	r = 0.80	r = 0.71
	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001
Cognitive maturity	r = −0.19	r = −0.07	r = −0.14	r = 0.03	r = −0.11
	P = 0.006	P = 0.33	P = 0.39	P = 0.65	P = 0.10
Mental engagement	r = 0.19	r = 0.32	r = 0.46	r = 0.79	r = 0.63
	P = 0.008	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001
Total of critical thinking disposition	r = 0.16	r = 0.36	r = 0.48	r = 0.86	r = 0.67
	P = 0.02	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001

Multivariate regression model_

Variable criteria & predictor	Standardized beta value	t-value	P-value	R2
Professional commitment
Critical thinking disposition	0.73	13.04	0.001	0.45
Marital status	0.04	0.76	0.44
Attending the professional commitment courses	0.10	1.56	0.12
Attending in critical thinking courses	−0.07	−0.98	0.32

Nurses’ demographic information and its relationship with their critical thinking disposition and professional commitment_

Variables & groups	n	%	Critical thinking disposition		Professional commitment
			M ± SD	Statistic test (P-value)	M ± SD	Statistic test (P-value)
Age (years)				t = −1.33 (0.18)		t = −1.40 (0.68)
23–40	170	84.6	115.15 (13.82)		91.23 (12.28)
□41	31	15.4	118.67 (11.68)		92.16 (8.56)
Gender				t = −1.47 (0.134)		t = −1.17 (0.24)
Male	52	25.9	113.32 (13.19)		89.73 (9.19)
Female	149	74.1	116.53 (13.62)		91.95 (12.52)
Marital status				t = −2.65 (0.009)		t = −2.36 (0.01)
Single	61	30.3	111.96 (11.45)		88.47 (10/69)
Married	140	69.7	117.41 (14.10)		92.70 (12.04)
Education degree				t = −0.07 (0.93)		F = 0.34 (0.84)
Bachelor	189	94	115.68 (13.49)		91.23 (11.83)
Master	12	6	116.0 (15.11)		93.66 (9.84)
Types of employment				F = 1.68 (0.16)		F = 0.34 (0.85)
Hired (permanent)	51	25.4	119.66 (12.88)		92.11 (9.84)
Hired (probationary)	9	4.5	115.66 (16.59)		93.44 (10.98)
Temporary-to-permanent a	32	15.9	115.59 (14.93)		92.56 (12.71)
Contract recruiters b	31	15.4	115 (13.58)		90.64 (12.22)
Committed c	78	38.8	113.43 (12.77)		90.46 (12.60)
Work experience (years)				F = 1.01 (0.36)		F = 0.90 (0.40)
□10	147	73.1	114.89 (13.68)		91.42 (12.56)
11–20	34	16.9	117.44 (13.85)		89.58 (10.00)
21–30	20	10.0	118.65 (11.90)		94.05 (7.74)
Shift work				t = −0.58 (0.56)		t = −0.36 (0.71)
Fixed	19	9.5	117.42 (10.48)		92.23 (9.58)
In rotation	182	90.5	115.52 (13.84)		91.28 (11.99)
Attending the professional commitment courses				t = 5.09 (0.001)		t = 1.56 (0.12)
Yes	110	54.7	119.88 (12.74)		92.55 (11.93)
No	91	45.3	110.64 (12.82)		89.95 (11.48)
Attending in critical thinking courses				t = 3.56 (0.001)		t = 1.33 (0.183)
Yes	105	52.2	118.86 (13/03)		92.43 (11.74)
No	96	47.8	112.23 (13.32)		90.21 (11.74)