determining the intensity of effective individual factors on clinical decision-making of nurses

determining the intensity of effective individual factors on clinical decision-making of nurses     rostamniya l [1] ,pariyad e [2] [3] , asayesh h [4] ,ghanbari v [5] *     received: 7 oct , 2013 accepted: 1 jan , 2014  abstract  background & aims : clinical decision-making is a critical thinking process which is accepted as an essential part of nursing practice. effective decision-making needs professional skills and knowledge and accurate clinical judgment. several factors may influence on clinical decision-making. this study has been conducted to assess intensity of effective factors on clinical decision-making.   materials & methods : this cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among educational hospital nurses of rasht city. 193 nurses were selected by a stratified random sampling method. respondents filled a demographic checklist and a researcher-conducted questionnaire on effective factors on clinical decision-making. data were analyzed by spss16 software.  results: more than 80% of the participants selected education, job experience and working in present ward. about 70% believed age and tendency to work in present ward has high impact on their clinical-decision making. less than half of them rated marriage with low effect.   conclusion: based on the findings of this study, designing strategies to improve education quality( in university and continues education courses) as well as assigning experienced nurses to help novice nursing staff make better clinical decisions could be recommended.  key words: clinical-decision, nurse, effective factors     address: health faculty, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran,   tel: (+98)09127368595 email : [email protected]   [1] master of nursing, nursing department, nursing and midwifery faculty, ilam university of medical sciences, ilam, iran.  [2] master of nursing, medical surgical nursing department, nursing and midwifery faculty, gilan university of medical sciences, rasht, iran.  [3] master of nursing, social determinance of health research center(sdhrc), gilan university of medical sciences, rasht, iran.  [4] master of nursing, emergency medicine department, paramedical faculty,, qom university of medical sciences, qom, iran.  [5] ph.d student of health in disaster and emergency, health faculty, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. (coresponding author)