The predict of metacognitive awareness of nursing students on self‐confidence and anxiety in clinical decision‐making
İ̇lknur Bektaş, Murat Bektaş, Dıjle Ayar, Aslı Akdeniz Kudubeş, Sema Sal Altan, Yasemin Selekoğlu, İsa Çelik
Abstract
Abstract Purpose This study was conducted to investigate the affect that metacognitive awareness in nursing students has on self‐confidence and anxiety with respect to clinical decision‐making. Design and methods The sample for this descriptive, correlational, and cross‐sectional study consisted of 186 nursing students who voluntarily participated. Data were collected using the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory and Nursing Anxiety and Self‐Confidence with Clinical Decision‐Making Scale. Correlation and regression analyses were then performed on the data. Findings Nursing students' metacognitive awareness level explained the three subdimensions of self‐confidence in clinical decision‐making by 26.7% ( r 2 = 0.267, p < 0.01), 24.6% ( r 2 = 0.246, p < 0.01), and 26.8% ( r 2 = 0.268, p < 0.01), respectively. Nursing students' metacognitive awareness level explained the three subdimensions of anxiety in clinical decision‐making by 3.7% ( r 2 = 0.037, p < 0.01), 3.2% ( r 2 = 0.03, p < 0.05), and 2.4% ( r 2 = 0.024, p < 0.05), respectively. Implications for nursing practice Clinical decision‐making skills can be supported by increasing students' metacognitive awareness.