Effect of Educational Program about Clinical Judgment Abilities on Intensive Care Nurses' Managerial Skills Acquisition

El_Halaby, Hoda Mohammed Ahmed; Abo Gad, , Reda Abd El-Fatah; Obied, Heba Kamal; El_saeed, Zohor Zakaria

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2025.450342

Effect of Educational Program about Clinical Judgment Abilities on Intensive Care Nurses' Managerial Skills Acquisition

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1 PHD student of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt 2Nursing educator, Tanta University Hospitals, Egypt

² Professor, Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

³ 5Assistant Professor, Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

10.21608/tsnj.2025.450342

Abstract

Background: Clinical judgment abilities are the foundation of quality nursing
care in intensive care units. Nurses make multitude of clinical decisions daily.
Acquired managerial skills can help the nurses' progression. Aim: To determine
the effect of educational program about clinical judgment abilities on IC nurses'
managerial skills acquisition in intensive care units. Methods: the subject
included 117 IC nurses who worked at Tanta University Main Hospital. Tools:
Three tools were used to collect data: IC nurses' clinical judgment and skill
acquisition knowledge questionnaire, IC nurses' clinical judgment abilities self
report and IC nurses' managerial skills acquisition self-report. Results:
preprogram, none of IC nurses had a high level of overall knowledge about
clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition that improved post
program to 94.9%. Preprogram, 10.3% and 8.5% of IC nurses had high levels of
clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition practices while post
program, majority (93.2% & 93.2%) of them had high levels of clinical
judgment abilities and managerial skills acquisition practices with slightly
decreased (88% & 81.2%) after 3 months. Conclusion: Implementing the
educational program about clinical judgment abilities and managerial skills
acquisition improved IC nurses' knowledge and practices with a statistically
significant positive correlation was detected between nurses' knowledge about
clinical judgment abilities and managerial skill acquisition and its practices.
Recommendation: Establish periodic pre-service orientation program for IC
nurses about clinical judgment to improve their practices regarding managerial
skills.