data envelopment analysis (dea) is a powerful tool for measuring relative efficiency of organizational units referred to as decision making units (dmus). in most cases dmus have network structures with internal linking activities. traditional dea models, however, consider dmus as black boxes with no regard to their linking activities and therefore do not provide decision makers with the reasons...

Introduction: Critical thinking and clinical decision making skills lead to care improvement and the application of nursing process. Previous studies have indicated that critical thinking and clinical decision making skills among nurses and students are low and studies comparing nurses and students in this regard have yielded inconsistent results. Thus this survey aimed to compare critical thin...

Introduction: Different studies have investigated the effects of various factors on self-efficacy and clinical decision-making among nurses and other professionals in the fields of health and treatment.  There is, however, little research investigating self-efficacy, clinical decision-making, and the level of relationship between them with regard to the environment and culture of organizations....

Introduction: Clinical decision making as a fundamental part of nursing profession effects ‎quality of nursing care the most. Nurse as a clinical decision maker uses critical thinking in ‎providing proficient care. Evaluation of data and choosing proper intervention to reach a ‎correct decision needs skillful thinking. Present studies related to critical thinking and clinical ‎d...

Background and aim: The most important factor affecting the quality of care is the ability of nurses to make effective clinical decisions. Since identifying nurses 'perceptions of clinical decision making is an important step in improving the quality of care, this study done to determine nurses' perceptions of clinical decision making in hospitals of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. M...