Core Self–Evaluations as Predicates of Clinical Decision Making in Selected Team of Perioperative Nurses in Ondo State, Nigeria

Dennis Uba Donald, Owoseni Sulaimon Kayode

Citation: Dennis UD & Owoseni SU. (2022). Core Self–Evaluations as Predicates of Clinical Decision Making in Selected Team of Perioperative Nurses in Ondo State, Nigeria. Medp Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2022; 1(1): mppbs–202210001.

Abstract 

  The study examined core self–evaluation as predicates of clinical decision making in selected sample of perioperative nurses in Ondo State Nigeria. Sixty–three (63) perioperative nurses from a Federal hospital in Ondo State, were selected using convenience sampling method. The Core Self–Evaluations Scale (CSES) The Clinical Decision–Making Survey (CDMS) were used in the study to measure the independent variables. The sample comprised of 35 (55.5%) male and 18 (28.5%) female nurses whose age ranged between 21 and 55 (M=32.56; SD=7.11). The result of the study revealed that clinical decision making was significantly and positively related to self–esteem [r (63) = .20, p < .01] and locus of control [r (63) = .18, p < .01]. The relationship between emotional stability and clinical decision making was positive [r (63) = .41, p < .00], such that clinical decision making is enhanced with an increase in emotional intelligence. A positive significant relationship was realized between self–efficacy and clinical decision making [r (63) = .21, p < .01], such that clinical decision making increases among perioperative nurses with increase in self efficacy. Based on the outcomes of this study, it is recommended that an all– inclusive, effective and functional healthcare support system that promotes the development and sustainability of core self–evaluative traits should be established by healthcare management board to replace the existing system. Also, it is recommended that during conscription and training of nurses in school of nursing, psychological courses should made be mandatory so as to indoctrinate the need personality structure in would–be nurses that predisposes them into making better clinical decision making in managed care professional healthcare practice. 

Keywords: Core self–evaluation; Clinical decision making perioperative nurses.