Correlation between Clinical Competence, Clinical Decision Making, and Perceived Autonomy Support among Nursing Internship Students | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 49, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 764-783 PDF (613.8 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.177144 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mona Thabet1; Heba Dakrory Ali El-Said2; Eman Aly Abd-Elhamid2 | ||
| 1Nursing Administration (Nursing Education), Faculty of Nursing, Minia University | ||
| 2Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Clinical competence is a crucial distinction for affirming professional, ethical, high quality and safe nursing care as well foster internship skills as decision making. The aim of the study was to assess correlation between clinical competence, clinical decision making, and perceived autonomy support among nursing internship students. Research design: cross sectional correlational design. Setting: 'Minia University Hospital' and 'Gynecology, Obstetric and Pediatric Minia University Hospital'. Subjects: stratified random sample from internship nursing students at general and critical units of two hospitals (size=133). Results: nursing internship student had a fair level regarding their clinical competence, clinical decision making, and perceived autonomy support. Also, the internship of critical area had level score better than the internship of general area. Conclusion: there were positive correlations between clinical competence, clinical decision making, and perceived autonomy support among nursing internship students. Recommendation: internship students need more training program to enhance their level of clinical competence, clinical decision making, and perception of autonomy. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Clinical competence; Clinical decision making; Internship students; Perceived autonomy support | ||
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