The Relationship Between Lifelong Learning Perceptions of Pediatric Nurses and Self-Confidence and Anxiety in Clinical Decision Making Processe       
Yazarlar (3)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mukaddes DEMİR ACAR Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Cemre Gül Kılınc
T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı,, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Osman DEMİR Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing
Dergi ISSN 2469-4193 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2023
Cilt No 46
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 102 / 113
DOI Numarası 10.1080/24694193.2023.2171507
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2023.2171507
Özet
This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between lifelong learning perceptions of pediatric nurses and self-confidence and anxiety in clinical decision-making processes. One of the most important ways to adapt to change in the developing and changing health care environment worldwide and in evidence based nursing care is lifelong learning. The most essential characteristics of a lifelong learner are reflection, questioning, enjoying learning, understanding the dynamic nature of knowledge and engaging in learning by actively seeking learning opportunities so that evidence-based nursing care can be achieved. Pediatric nurses were included in this descriptive, correlational and cross‐sectional study. The study was based on pediatric nursing in the pediatric clinics of a hospital in the capital of  Turkiye between April and July 2021. It was determined that the mean scores of lifelong learning differed according to gender, education level, length of service in the profession and the unit in which each individual worked, and these differences were statistically significant. Pediatric nurses’ lifelong learning level explained the three subdimensions of self‐confidence in clinical decision-making. The results of the regression analysis indicate that lifelong learning levels of the pediatric nurses did not significantly predict their scores on the subdimensions of anxiety with clinical decision‐making scale. Positive effects on clinical decision-making in the nursing process can be achieved if the tendencies of pediatric nurses toward lifelong learning are sufficient. Assessing nurses’ lifelong learning perceptions is an essential step toward implementing evidence-based care for pediatric patients. Clinical decision-making skills can be supported by increasing nurses’ lifelong learning awareness.
Anahtar Kelimeler
anxiety | clinical decision-making | Lifelong learning | pediatric nursing | self-confidence