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

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Problem Solving And Decision Making Education On Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills of Nurse Managers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05974943
• Other study ID #: 92450
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 10, 2022
• Est. completion date: February 3, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: February 3, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 20, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Decision Making
• Education
• Nurse
• Problem Solving

Intervention

Other:
• Problem Solving And Decision Making Education
The Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Training Program, which was based on developing problem-solving and decision-making skills of nurse managers in the experimental group (n=30), was prepared. 2 faculty members and the researcher organized the training program consisting of four modules and 16 hours. In the content of the Training Program; the definition of the concept of problem-solving and decision-making, the process of problem-solving and decision-making and decision-making models, the impact of decision-making on employee, patient and organizational outcomes, and the importance of managers' roles in decision-making, the importance of the role of nurse managers in decision making, the impact of managerial decisions on patient care outcomes, the impact of managerial decisions on nurse outcomes, the impact of administrative decisions on organizational results/performance, problem-solving, and decision-making techniques and case studies.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Istanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpasa (IUC)	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The change in the Decision-Making Styles Scale		up to 1 week
Primary	The decrease in the mean score of the Problem Solving Inventory		up to 3 months