Nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment: a cross-sectional study

Variables & groups	n	%	Critical thinking disposition		Professional commitment
Variables & groups	n	%	M ± SD	Statistic test (P-value)	M ± SD	Statistic test (P-value)
Age (years)				t = −1.33 (0.18)		t = −1.40 (0.68)
23–40	170	84.6	115.15 (13.82)		91.23 (12.28)
□41	31	15.4	118.67 (11.68)		92.16 (8.56)
Gender				t = −1.47 (0.134)		t = −1.17 (0.24)
Male	52	25.9	113.32 (13.19)		89.73 (9.19)
Female	149	74.1	116.53 (13.62)		91.95 (12.52)
Marital status				t = −2.65 (0.009)		t = −2.36 (0.01)
Single	61	30.3	111.96 (11.45)		88.47 (10/69)
Married	140	69.7	117.41 (14.10)		92.70 (12.04)
Education degree				t = −0.07 (0.93)		F = 0.34 (0.84)
Bachelor	189	94	115.68 (13.49)		91.23 (11.83)
Master	12	6	116.0 (15.11)		93.66 (9.84)
Types of employment				F = 1.68 (0.16)		F = 0.34 (0.85)
Hired (permanent)	51	25.4	119.66 (12.88)		92.11 (9.84)
Hired (probationary)	9	4.5	115.66 (16.59)		93.44 (10.98)
Temporary-to-permanent a	32	15.9	115.59 (14.93)		92.56 (12.71)
Contract recruiters b	31	15.4	115 (13.58)		90.64 (12.22)
Committed c	78	38.8	113.43 (12.77)		90.46 (12.60)
Work experience (years)				F = 1.01 (0.36)		F = 0.90 (0.40)
□10	147	73.1	114.89 (13.68)		91.42 (12.56)
11–20	34	16.9	117.44 (13.85)		89.58 (10.00)
21–30	20	10.0	118.65 (11.90)		94.05 (7.74)
Shift work				t = −0.58 (0.56)		t = −0.36 (0.71)
Fixed	19	9.5	117.42 (10.48)		92.23 (9.58)
In rotation	182	90.5	115.52 (13.84)		91.28 (11.99)
Attending the professional commitment courses				t = 5.09 (0.001)		t = 1.56 (0.12)
Yes	110	54.7	119.88 (12.74)		92.55 (11.93)
No	91	45.3	110.64 (12.82)		89.95 (11.48)
Attending in critical thinking courses				t = 3.56 (0.001)		t = 1.33 (0.183)
Yes	105	52.2	118.86 (13/03)		92.43 (11.74)
No	96	47.8	112.23 (13.32)		90.21 (11.74)

1 Note: SD, standard deviation.

1a Annually contracted with payment similar to the hired nurses.

1b Annually contracted with payment less than the hired nurses.

1c It is obligatory to work for government for 2 years at a lower rate of pay.

Table 2.

Mean score of nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.

Variable	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SD	M ± SD per item
Critical thinking disposition
Innovation	15	55	40.34 ± 6.37	3.66 ± 0.57
Cognitive maturity	13	41	27.51 ± 5.04	3.05 ± 0.56
Mental engagement	13	65	47.84 ± 8.08	3.68 ± 062
Total	69	144	115.70 ± 13.55
Professional commitment
Nursing perception	6	30	19.17 ± 3.89	3.19 ± 0.64
Nursing job satisfaction	4	20	14.47 ± 3.07	3.61 ± 076
Engagement with the nursing profession	6	30	22.53 ± 3.75	3.75 ± 0.62
Self-sacrifice for the nursing profession	18	46	35.18 ± 4.98	3.51 ± 0.49
Total	34	132	91.37 ± 11.77

1 Note: SD, standard deviation.

Table 3.

Correlation between nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.

Variable	Nursing perception	Nursing job satisfaction	Engagement with the nursing profession	Self-sacrifice for the nursing profession	Total of professional commitment
Innovation	r = 0.26	r = 0.40	r = 0.56	r = 0.80	r = 0.71
Innovation	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001
Cognitive maturity	r = −0.19	r = −0.07	r = −0.14	r = 0.03	r = −0.11
Cognitive maturity	P = 0.006	P = 0.33	P = 0.39	P = 0.65	P = 0.10
Mental engagement	r = 0.19	r = 0.32	r = 0.46	r = 0.79	r = 0.63
Mental engagement	P = 0.008	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001
Total of critical thinking disposition	r = 0.16	r = 0.36	r = 0.48	r = 0.86	r = 0.67
Total of critical thinking disposition	P = 0.02	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.001

Table 4.

Multivariate regression model.

Variable criteria & predictor	Standardized beta value	t-value	P-value	R²
Professional commitment
Critical thinking disposition	0.73	13.04	0.001	0.45
Marital status	0.04	0.76	0.44
Attending the professional commitment courses	0.10	1.56	0.12
Attending in critical thinking courses	−0.07	−0.98	0.32

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 119 - 126

Submitted on: Dec 19, 2022

Accepted on: Feb 5, 2023

Published on: Mar 26, 2024

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

critical thinking,

nursing education,

professional commitment,

skills,

strategies

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Assistive professions, nursing

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