Effect of the Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving Skills, and Grit on the Disaster Triage Ability of Emergency Room Nurses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Measurements
2.3.1. General and Severity Classification-Related Characteristics
2.3.2. Strategic Thinking
2.3.3. Problem-Solving Skills
2.3.4. Grit
2.3.5. Disaster Triage Ability
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Data Analysis
2.6. Ethical Consideration
3. Results
3.1. General and Severity Classification-Related Characteristics
3.2. Participants’ Strategic Thinking, Problem-Solving Skills, Grit, and Disaster Triage Ability
3.3. Association of Disaster Triage Ability with General and Severity Classification-Related Characteristics
3.4. Association between Strategic Thinking, Problem-Solving Skills, Grit, and Disaster Triage Ability
3.5. Factors Influencing Disaster Triage Ability
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Categories | N (%) | Mean ± SD | Disaster Triage Ability | |
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Mean ± SD | t or F (p) | ||||
Age (year) | ≤30 | 112(73.5) | 29.12 ± 4.81 | 13.71 ± 4.40 | 1.70 |
31–35 | 21(12.6) | 14.29 ± 4.99 | (0.186) | ||
≥36 | 23(13.9) | 15.48 ± 2.33 | |||
Gender | M | 18(10.8) | 14.89 ± 3.16 | 0.90 | |
F | 148(89.2) | 13.93 ± 4.40 | (0.369) | ||
Education | Bachelor’s or less | 142(85.5) | 13.89 ± 4.25 | −0.99 | |
Master’s or higher | 24(14.5) | 14.83 ± 4.49 | (0.322) | ||
Total clinical experience (month) | ≤59 | 97(58.4) | 70.22 ± 66.33 | 14.11 ± 3.74 | 0.19 |
60–119 | 42(25.3) | (Range 12–480) | 13.69 ± 5.13 | (0.829) | |
≥120 | 27(16.3) | 14.26 ± 4.82 | |||
Emergency room experience (month) | ≤59 | 99(59.6) | 63.66 ± 56.15 | 14.18 ± 3.73 | 0.18 |
60–119 | 42(25.3) | (Range 12–360) | 13.71 ± 5.13 | (0.837) | |
≥120 | 25(15.1) | 13.96 ± 4.89 | |||
Disaster education | Yes | 107(64.5) | 14.12 ± 4.16 | 0.33 | |
No | 59(35.5) | 13.86 ± 4.53 | (0.712) | ||
Disaster triage education | Yes | 86(51.8) | 14.94 ± 4.13 | 2.26 | |
No | 80(48.2) | 13.13 ± 4.46 | (0.022) | ||
Disaster triage-related experience | Yes | 64(38.6) | 14.14 ± 3.43 | 0.78 | |
No | 102(61.4) | 13.96 ± 4.76 | (0.867) | ||
Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS) certificate | Yes | 101(60.8) | 14.25 ± 3.91 | 0.81 | |
No | 65(39.2) | 13.69 ± 4.82 | (0.417) |
Variable | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | Range |
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Strategic Thinking | 3.23 ± 0.19 | 2.62 | 3.92 | 1–5 |
Conceptual Thinking | 2.86 ± 0.18 | 2.43 | 3.43 | 1–5 |
System Thinking | 3.25 ± 0.24 | 2.67 | 3.67 | 1–5 |
Futurism | 3.26 ± 0.48 | 1.83 | 5.00 | 1–5 |
Intelligent Opportunism | 3.53 ± 0.35 | 2.71 | 4.43 | 1–5 |
Problem-Solving Skills | 3.41 ± 0.39 | 2.67 | 4.57 | 1–5 |
Confidence | 3.47 ± 0.52 | 2.29 | 4.86 | 1–5 |
Approach-avoidance style | 3.60 ± 0.37 | 2.40 | 4.30 | 1–5 |
Person Control | 2.83 ± 0.74 | 1.25 | 4.75 | 1–5 |
Grit | 3.02 ± 0.47 | 2.00 | 4.36 | 1–5 |
Consistency of Interests | 2.85 ± 0.60 | 1.50 | 4.33 | 1–5 |
Perseverance of Effort | 3.13 ± 0.48 | 2.00 | 4.50 | 1–5 |
Disaster Triage Ability | 14.03 ± 4.28 | 2.00 | 19.00 | 0–20 |
r(p) | DTA 1 | ST 2 | PSS 7 | Grit | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | CT 3 | S 4 | F 5 | I 6 | Total | C 8 | AAS 9 | PC 10 | Total | CI 11 | PE 12 | ||
DTA 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
ST2 | −0.06 (0.452) | 1 | |||||||||||
CT 3 | 0.01 (0.879) | 0.07 (0.376) | 1 | ||||||||||
S 4 | −0.02 (0.827) | 0.49 (<0.001) | −0.14 (0.078) | 1 | |||||||||
F 5 | 0.19 (0.019) | 0.80 (<0.001) | −0.05 (0.548) | 0.16 (0.035) | 1 | ||||||||
I 6 | 0.05 (0.514) | 0.73 (<0.001) | −0.24 (0.002) | 0.27 (<0.001) | 0.36 (<0.001) | 1 | |||||||
PSS7 | 0.03 (0.742) | 0.46 (<0.001) | −0.20 (0.008) | 0.12 (0.120) | 0.60 (<0.001) | 0.26 (0.001) | 1 | ||||||
C 8 | 0.30 (<0.001) | 0.41 (<0.001) | −0.23 (0.003) | 0.15 (0.057) | 0.57 (<0.001) | 0.19 (0.013) | 0.83 (<0.001) | 1 | |||||
AAS 9 | −0.28 (<0.001) | 0.41 (<0.001) | −0.10 (0.214) | 0.11 (0.171) | 0.41 (<0.001) | 0.32 (<0.001) | 0.73 (<0.001) | 0.32 (<0.001) | 1 | ||||
PC 10 | −0.09 (0.253) | 0.26 (0.001) | −0.16 (0.037) | 0.02 (0.829) | 0.44 (<0.001) | 0.07 (0.353) | 0.82 (<0.001) | 0.64 (<0.001) | 0.37 (<0.001) | 1 | |||
Grit | −0.02 (0.772) | 0.32 (<0.001) | −0.15 (0.050) | 0.16 (0.045) | 0.41 (<0.001) | 0.15 (0.058) | 0.54 (<0.001) | 0.55 (<0.001) | 0.24 (0.002) | 0.52 (<0.001) | 1 | ||
CI 11 | −0.05 (0.531) | 0.14 (0.070) | −0.08 (0.314) | 0.14 (0.069) | 0.22 (0.004) | −0.02 (0.797) | 0.32 (<0.001) | 0.39 (<0.001) | 0.01 (0.855) | 0.37 (<0.001) | 0.80 (<0.001) | 1 | |
PE 12 | 0.03 (0.689) | 0.32 (<0.001) | −0.22 (0.005) | 0.12 (0.139) | 0.42 (<0.001) | 0.19 (0.014) | 0.56 (<0.001) | 0.54 (<0.001) | 0.32 (<0.001) | 0.47 (<0.001) | 0.89 (<0.001) | 0.53 (<0.001) | 1 |
Variables | Disaster Triage Ability | ||||||
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B | β | t | p | Tolerance | VIF 1 | ||
(constant) | 12.00 | 2.88 | 0.005 | ||||
Problem-Solving Skills | Approach-avoidance style | −3.67 | −0.27 | −3.22 | <0.001 | 0.88 | 1.14 |
Confidence | 2.16 | 0.22 | 2.16 | 0.004 | 0.58 | 1.73 | |
Strategic Thinking | Futurism | 1.20 | 0.17 | 1.55 | 0.030 | 0.55 | 1.81 |
R2 = 0.150, Adjusted R2 = 0.141, F = 8.91, p < 0.001 |
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Yang, J.; Kim, K.H. Effect of the Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving Skills, and Grit on the Disaster Triage Ability of Emergency Room Nurses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020987
Yang J, Kim KH. Effect of the Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving Skills, and Grit on the Disaster Triage Ability of Emergency Room Nurses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(2):987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020987
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Jina, and Kon Hee Kim. 2022. "Effect of the Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving Skills, and Grit on the Disaster Triage Ability of Emergency Room Nurses" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 2: 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020987