The Relationship Between Nursing Students' 21st Century Skills and Caring Behaviors
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Nursing students require a complex set of skills to navigate the challenges of contemporary healthcare, encompassing not only clinical proficiency but also adaptability, critical thinking, and a strong sense of professional identity. Modern healthcare demands a multifaceted skill set from nurses, extending beyond traditional clinical expertise to encompass adaptability, critical thinking, and a profound sense of professional identity. Nursing students, in particular, must cultivate these competencies to effectively navigate the complexities of an ever-evolving healthcare landscape. To explore the relationship between nursing students’ acquisition of 21st-century skills and the demonstration of caring behaviors in clinical practice. This study is a cross-sectional design, explores the intricate relationship between 21st-century skills and caring behaviors among nursing students. The mean scores of Nursing Students' Carering Behaviors Inventory and 21st Century Skills scales and sub-dimension scores Caring Behaviors was 5.01±0.68, and the mean scores of sub-dimensions; Assurance (A): 5.06±0.69, Knowledge-skill (KS): 4.85±0.74, Respectful (R): 5.10±0.74, Connectedness (C): 4.98±0.81.21. The mean score of the Century Skills scale was 100.17±14.50 and the mean scores of Communication (C), Critical Thinking (CT), Creativity (C) and Collaboration (CC) sub-dimensions were 29.47±4.46, 39.05±6.53, 19.57±3.52 and 12.13±1.95, respectively. It was discovered that there was a substantial correlation between nursing students' caring behaviors and their 21st-century skills. The results emphasize how crucial it is to include the development of caring behaviors and 21st-century skills into nursing education programs. Educators can give students opportunities to improve these skills by using case studies, simulations, and problem-based learning.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Caring behaviors, Clinical Skills, 21st Century Skills, Nursing Students, Professional development.
Destekleyen Kurum
N/A
Etik Beyan
The Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University ethics committee gave the study its approval (GO 2025/1008). The goal of the study was explained to the participants, and their verbal agreement was obtained. The study was carried out in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki's guiding principles.
Teşekkür
We would like to thank all the participants who made this study possible.
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