Clinical trial NCT05974943: The Effect of Problem Solving and Decision Making Training Given to Nurses Managers
Official title: The Effect of Problem Solving And Decision Making Education On Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills of Nurse Managers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nurse
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Education
Keywords: nurse manager
problem solving
decision making
education
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-03
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: 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.
Primary purpose: OTHER

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change in the Decision-Making Styles Scale
timeFrame: up to 1 week
measure: The decrease in the mean score of the Problem Solving Inventory
timeFrame: up to 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa (IUC)
Study officials:
affiliation: drhembetulsonmez@gmail.com
name: Betül SÖNMEZ, Ass.pr.dhd
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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