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 Volume 9, Issue 11 (November 2022), Pages: 93-98

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 Original Research Paper

 Factors influencing critical thinking skills among nursing students: Reports from a cross-sectional study

 Author(s): Lailani Sacgaca 1, Rolly Dagdagui 2, Nojood Alrashedi 3, *, Joyce Buta 3, Richard Maestrado 4, Sandro Villareal 4, Salman Amish Alshammari 5, Maha Sanat Alrashedi 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1General Nursing Department, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
 2Mathematics, Education Department, Mountain Province State Polytechnic College, Bontoc, Philippines
 3Maternal and Child Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 4Medical-Surgical Department, College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 5Emergency Department, King Khalid Hospital, Ministry of Health, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2003-6508

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.11.011

 Abstract:

Studying the relationship between critical thinking and academic achievement is of great importance because both are crucial in producing nurses that would deliver quality care and nurses who would be critical thinkers in the midst of constant evolution in the health care delivery system. This study aims to determine the relationship between critical thinking skills and academic achievement among undergraduate nursing students. Further, it aims to determine factors that may influence the critical thinking of students. This study used a descriptive correlational design. It was conducted at the Nursing Department, College of Health Sciences Prince Sultan Military College, Saudi Arabia. There were 67 female participants from two types of nursing pathways. The data collection was conducted between March and May 2021. The overall averages of HSRT scores of the Baccalaureate and Bridging were 2.35 and 2.25, respectively. The HSRT scores indicated that the critical thinking skills of participants from both nursing pathways were low. There was no significant relationship between critical thinking skills and academic performance (r=.11; p<.05). Critical thinking skills were not manifested among the student nurses. Further, there was no found significant relationship between age, nursing pathway, and year level. Moreover, there is no significant relationship found between academic performance and the components of HSRT. These results are useful for understanding group characteristics, comparing and contrasting similar groups on specific attributes or skills, and for guiding the development of more targeted educational or training programs.

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Academic test scores, Critical thinking, Education nursing, Program, Thinking skills

 Article History: Received 6 May 2022, Received in revised form 31 July 2022, Accepted 1 August 2022

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical consideration: 

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences with the number IRB-2021–NUR–032. All participants gave their voluntary written informed consent and were guaranteed that all data would be treated with confidentiality. The participants were allowed to withdraw at any stage of the study without giving any reason and with no further repercussions.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

Sacgaca L, Dagdagui R, Alrashedi N, Buta J, Maestrado R, Villareal S, Alshammari SA, and Alrashedi MS (2022). Factors influencing critical thinking skills among nursing students: Reports from a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(11): 93-98

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