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Relationship between the Practice Environment of Nursing and Critical Thinking Disposition of Nurses in Local General Hospitals

Ji Yun Lee1, So Young Pak2
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2014;20(2):145-153.
Published online: March 31, 2014

1Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University · Health Care Research Center, Korea.

2Doctoral Course, Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University · Department of Nursing, Shinhan University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Pak, So Young. Department of Nursing, Shinhan University, 117 Howon-dong, Uijeongbu 480-701, Korea. Tel: +82-10-2738-3618, Fax: +82-31-870-3499, psynkp@hanmail.net
• Received: June 27, 2013   • Revised: August 6, 2013   • Accepted: October 21, 2013

Copyright © 2014 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the practice environment of nursing and the critical thinking disposition of clinical nurses in local general hospitals.
  • Methods
    A convenience sample of 468 registered nurses was obtained from three local general hospitals. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire during November, 2012. The survey tools were the K-PES-NWI verified by Cho et al (2011) and the critical thinking disposition instrument developed by Yoon (2004). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA with Scheffé test and multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 18.0.
  • Results
    The mean score for practice environment of nursing was 3.3±0.4 and for critical thinking disposition, 2.3±0.4. There were statistically significant differences in critical thinking disposition according to age, education, length of career, current position, and marital status. In multivariate analysis, factors related to critical thinking disposition were collegial nurse-physician relations and education level.
  • Conclusion
    The results of the study indicate that collegial nurse-physician relations in the nursing practice environment are related to nurses' critical thinking disposition, and thus, it is important to improve the practice environment as well using individual approaches including on-the-job training to improve nurses' critical thinking disposition.
  • Key Words: Critical thinking; Practice environment; Career

This work was supported by the 2012 research grant fund in Kangwon University Health Care Research Center.

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Table 1
Participant Characteristics (N=468)
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Table 2
Degree of Critical Thinking Disposition and PES-NWI (N=468)
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PES-NWI=Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index.

Table 3
Critical Thinking Disposition according to Participant Characteristics (N=468)
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Table 4
Variables Influencing Critical Thinking Disposition (N=468)
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