Journal
JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 69, Issue 11, Pages 1717-1720Publisher
PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.5455/JPMA.2635
Keywords
Nursing Student; Problem solving skills; Turkey
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The aim of this study was to determine problem-solving skills of nursing students and the factors affecting them. This cross-sectional study comprised 233 senior students studying professional nursing at the university level in Turkey in 2018. The research sample comprised 176 students who participated voluntarily and the data was collected from them by using a Personal Information Form and Problem-Solving Inventory. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were utilised for data assessment. The mean scores of students from the Problem-Solving Inventory were 84.47 +/- 21.21. The mean scores of the subscales were as follows: 24.03 +/- 8.77 for the Problem-Solving Reliability; 45.54 +/- 13.88 for way of approaching-avoiding and 17.07 +/- 4.04 for personal control. The factors found to be affecting the participants in the study were mainly students' gender, income levels and self-evaluation of their own problem-solving skills. These factors linearly increased their total scores and subscale scores. When the relationship of linearity was evaluated, it was highly significant statistically (p<0.001). In conclusion, the problem-solving skills of senior-year students were at a medium-level.
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