The Effect of Problem Solving and Decision Making Training Given to Nurses Managers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Problem Solving; Decision Making; Nurse; Education
• Interventions: Other: Problem Solving And Decision Making Education

• Registration Number: NCT05974943
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Brief Summary

This research was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Problem Solving and Decision Making Training program, which was developed to enhance the problem-solving and decision-making skills of nurse managers at the lower, middle, and upper levels, by the subordinates and superiors of nurse managers. To assess the problem-solving and decision-making skills of nurse managers as perceived by their subordinates, the Problem-Solving Inventory-Managerial Version (PSI-MV) and Decision-Making Styles Scale-Managerial Version (DMSS-MV) underwent adaptation, validity, and reliability studies. These studies aimed to enable the evaluation of nurse managers' problem-solving and decision-making abilities from the perspective of their subordinates.

Detailed Description

This research was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Problem Solving and Decision Making Training program, which was developed to enhance the problem-solving and decision-making skills of nurse managers at the lower, middle, and upper levels, by the subordinates and superiors of nurse managers. To assess the problem-solving and decision-making skills of nurse managers as perceived by their subordinates, the Problem-Solving Inventory-Managerial Version (PSI-MV) and Decision-Making Styles Scale-Managerial Version (DMSS-MV) underwent adaptation, validity, and reliability studies. These studies aimed to enable the evaluation of nurse managers' problem-solving and decision-making abilities from the perspective of their subordinates. The study was carried out using a systematic and randomized controlled design, incorporating elements such as pre-test-post-test, experimental, and control groups. In the initial phase of the research, the target population comprised 2,108 nurses employed at a city hospital in Istanbul, while the actual sample included 328 nurses. The validity and reliability studies of PSI-MV and DMSS-MV were carried out. In the scale analyses, psycholinguistic and psychometric properties were examined. In the second part of the research, a sample of 300 nurses, including 60 nurse managers and their subordinates (30 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group), was included using G\*Power analysis for sample calculation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-10-10
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-20
• Study Completion: 2023-02-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-09
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-02
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

The criteria for inclusion in the sample for nurse managers were determined as follows:

• Working as a nurse manager,
• Working in a managerial position for at least six months,
• Volunteering to participate in the research,
• Ensuring full-time participation in the training program to be held within the scope of the research for the experimental group.

Inclusion criteria for subordinate nurses or nurse managers were determined as follows:

• Working under a nurse manager in the experimental or control group,
• Working with the nurse manager he/she evaluated for at least six months,
• Volunteer to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meeting the sampling inclusion criteria,
• Filling the data collection tools incompletely.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
the pre-post training and 3rd-month evaluations of problem-solving skills of the nurse managers in	Problem Solving And Decision Making Education	The research was conducted with randomized control, pretest-posttest, experimental, and control group design. By using G\*Power analysis, it was determined that the experimental group of the nurse managers was 30 people and included randomly in the sample calculation of the study. The experimental group was given 2 days of problem-solving and decision-making training. Before the training, the nurse administrators in the experimental group were administered the Participant Information Form-Nurse Manager, PSI, DMSS and two Case Evaluation Forms and Problem Solving and Decision Making Information Form-Pre-Test-Post-Test.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The change in the Decision-Making Styles Scale	up to 1 week
The decrease in the mean score of the Problem Solving Inventory	up to 3 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa (IUC); 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey