Turkish nurses' leadership orientations and clinical decision-making skills
ISSN: 1751-1879
Article publication date: 16 February 2023
Issue publication date: 18 May 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the leadership orientations of nurses and their clinical decision-making skills.
Design/methodology/approach
This descriptive study was conducted between June and December 2018 on nurses working at three hospitals in Turkey. This study was completed with 1,100 nurses. The Personal Information Form, Leadership Orientation Scale and Clinical Decision-Making Scale in Nursing were used for data collection.
Findings
A significant correlation was found between the leadership orientations of nurses and age, sex, institution where they were employed, time spent in the profession, being in a management position and satisfaction with the current unit of employment (p < 0.05), and a significant correlation was found between clinical decision-making skills of nurses and age, sex and occupational status (p < 0.05). Furthermore, a significant correlation was found between the mean scores of the Leadership Orientation Scale and Clinical Decision-Making in Nursing Scale (p < 0.05).
Originality/value
The development of leadership orientations of nurses positively affects their clinical decision-making skills. In this respect, it is important to instill effective leadership orientations in nurses and to incorporate novel training methods in nursing education to develop accurate and timely clinical decision-making skills.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the nurses who participated in the study for their participation.
Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest.
Author contributions: Study design and data collection/analysis: EG, HYS, FB, ECA and NSY. Drafting of manuscript and critical revisions for important intellectual content: EG, HYS and FB.
Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Citation
Gürsoy, E., Yeşildere Sağlam, H., Başaran, F., Çetin Atay, E. and Şimal Yavuz, N. (2023), "Turkish nurses' leadership orientations and clinical decision-making skills", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 402-417. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-08-2022-0090
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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