The Effect of Problem Solving Training on Decision Making Skill in Nursing Students

Background: Today in the areas of health care, nurses are increasingly faced with issues and situations that are complex and the technology, understanding and acumen in the social sectors, rising health culture, processes and frequent changes of complex disease traits and moral. Therefore, decision making, critical thinking is to find and extremely complex. Nurses are going to decision making and decisions are complex and constantly every choice's sensitivity is very high, so having the skills of decision making and problem solving skills, in them, is essential. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine the effect of problem solving training on decision-making skills in nursing students.

Materials and Method: This study is a quazi-experimental study that performed in 100 nursing students in 2 groups of case (50) and control (50). Then, a short problem solving course based on 8 sessions of two hours during the term, was performed for the experimental group. To determine the decision making skill the decision making questionnaire was used.

Results: The finding revealed that decision making score in nurses students is low and problem solving course, positively affected the students ' decision making skill after the program (P<0.05).

Discussions: In general, the finding of this study indicated the improvement of the student's decision making skill. Therefore this kind of education on problem solving in various emergency medicine domains such as: education, research and management, is recommended.