Evaluating of academic nurses' clinical judgement skills in a critical care unit at Babylon City, Iraq

Ahmed Mohammed Jasim Shlash; Shatha Saadi Mohammed

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.4753

Authors

Ahmed Mohammed Jasim Shlash
ahmedmoh1994.ar@gmail.com
Lecturer, Department of Adults Health Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon & University of Al-Ameed, Iraq
Shatha Saadi Mohammed Prof, Department of Adults Health Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq

Keywords:

academic nurses, clinical judgement, critical care unit, evaluating, skills

Abstract

Clinical judgement is the foundation of nursing practices and recognized as essential skills for all nurses and serves as a distinguishing factor between professional nurses and those in strictly technical roles. Hence, the goal of this study was to evaluate of academic nurse’s clinical judgement skills. A cross-sectional quantitative design is used to conduct this study. The data was gathered during a period of time that started on July 10, 2021, and ended on September 20, 2021, using a non-probability purposive sampling approach that recruited (ninety-one) critical-care nurses from three public governmental hospitals in Babylon City, Iraq. The data was obtained through using a questionnaire format and amended by the researcher, data analyzed was through using (SPSS -version 25). More than half (56.0 %) of the study's participants are between the ages of 25 and 29, and more than two-thirds (61.5 %) are female, single, have a degree of Baccalaureate in nursing, within (1-5) years graduated from nursing, experience in nursing was (1-5 years), and live in urban regions. The results indicated that the majority of participants had average clinical judgement abilities, overall mean was (1.56).

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