J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2015 May;21(2):227-236. 10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.2.227.

Correlations Among Nursing Professionalism, Critical Thinking Disposition and Self-leadership in Nursing Students

• Park HJ

• KMID: 2327592
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.2.227

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among the factors of nursing professionalism, critical thinking disposition and self-leadership in nursing students.
METHODS
The participants were 715 nursing students in tertiary education. Data was collected from March 10 to 14, 2014 using self-report questionnaires and analyzed through descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient with SPSS/win 17.0.
RESULTS
The mean scores for nursing professionalism (3.48+/-.50), critical thinking disposition (3.14+/-.27), self-leadership (3.44+/-.40) were above average. There was a positive correlation between nursing professionalism and self-leadership (r=.452, p<.01) and between critical thinking disposition and self-leadership (r=.405, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
The result of this study indicates that developing nursing professionalism and critical thinking disposition in nursing students is significant for improving their self-leadership. Therefore the findings suggest meaningful basic data for nursing education.

Keyword

Nursing student; Nursing professionalism; Critical thinking disposition; Self-leadership

MeSH Terms

Education
Education, Nursing
Humans
Nursing*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Students, Nursing*
Thinking*