AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES OFNURSES IN GENERATION-X AND -Y: THE EXAMPLE OF ELAZIG

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the critical thinking skills of working nurses in generation-X and -Y.
Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between 10.01.2019-01.03.2019 in a hospital in Elazıg province, and 107 nurses from different generations participated in the study. Generation-X was selected from nurses born between 1965 and 1979 and Generation-Y was selected from nurses born between 1980 and 1999. "Personal Data Form" and “California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory” were used in the collection of data. Number, percentage, average, and t-test were employed to evaluate the data.
Results: The average age of the nurses participating in the study was 33.42±7.45 and the average of their professional working duration was 10.86±7.65 years. Also, 58.9% of nurses were female, 74.8% were married, 68.2% had undergraduate and graduate degrees. Forty-three percent of the nurses in the study stated that they knew the concept of critical thinking also 57% of the nurses in the study were in generation-Y. The mean California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory scores of the nurses were 224.64±20.83 and their critical thinking skills were found to be low. Nurses received the highest score from the sub-dimension of analyticity (45.75±5.64) and the lowest score from the sub-dimension of open-mindedness (29.41±6.41) among the sub-dimension of the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory scale. The critical thinking tendencies of Generation-Y nurses were higher than those of generation-X and a significant difference was found (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Critical thinking ability, which is considered to be effective in clinical decision making, was found to be low in the nurses participating in the study. It is necessary to remove the obstacles to critical thinking of nurses in nursing programs and to develop a curriculum on critical thinking. It is proposed to provide in-service training to improve the critical thinking skills of working nurses.

Keywords

• critical thinking
• generation difference
• nursing

X VE Y KUŞAĞI HEMŞİRELERİN ELEŞTİREL DÜŞÜNME YETENEKLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ: ELAZIĞ ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, X ve Y Kuşağı'nda çalışan hemşirelerin eleştirel düşünme becerilerini incelemektir.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma 10.01.2019-01.03.2019 tarihleri arasında Elazığ ilinde bir hastanede gerçekleştirilmiş olup, çalışmaya farklı nesillerden 107 hemşire katılmıştır. X kuşağı 1965-1979 doğumlu hemşirelerden, Y kuşağı ise 1980-1999 doğumlu hemşirelerden seçilmiştir. Verilerin toplanmasında "Kişisel Bilgi Formu" ve "California Eleştirel Düşünme Eğilimi Ölçeği" kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde, ortalama ve t-testi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan hemşirelerin yaş ortalaması 33.42±7.45, mesleki çalışma sürelerinin ortalaması 10.86±7.65 yıldı. Ayrıca hemşirelerin %58.9'u kadın, %74.8'i evli, %68.2'si lisans ve yüksek lisans derecesine sahipti. Araştırmaya katılan hemşirelerin yüzde 43'ü eleştirel düşünme kavramını bildiklerini, ayrıca araştırmaya katılan hemşirelerin %57'si Y kuşağında olduğunu belirtti. Hemşirelerin California Eleştirel Düşünme Eğilimi Ölçeği puanları ortalama 224.64±20.83 ve eleştirel düşünme becerileri düşük bulundu. Hemşireler California Eleştirel Düşünme Eğilimi Ölçeği alt boyutlarından analitik alt boyutundan (45.75±5.64) en yüksek puanı, açık fikirlilik alt boyutundan (29.41±6.41) en düşük puanı almıştır. Y Kuşağı hemşirelerinin eleştirel düşünme eğilimleri X kuşağına göre daha yüksek olup anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu bulundu (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Klinik karar vermede etkili olduğu düşünülen eleştirel düşünme yeteneği araştırmaya katılan hemşirelerde düşük bulunmuştur. Hemşirelik programlarında hemşirelerin eleştirel düşünmesinin önündeki engellerin kaldırılması ve eleştirel düşünme üzerine müfredat geliştirilmesi gerekmektedir. Çalışan hemşirelerin eleştirel düşünme becerilerini geliştirmek için hizmet içi eğitim verilmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

• eleştirel düşünme
• kuşak farkı
• hemşirelik

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