Determining the Relationship Between Pediatric Nurses' Critical Thinking Tendencies and Individual Innovativeness Characteristics

Aim: The study aims to determine the relationship between pediatric nurses' critical thinking tendencies and individual innovativeness characteristics. Method: The descriptive and correlation-seeking process was applied between April and June 2019. The study population consisted of all nurses working in pediatrics services in the government health research and application center located in Erzurum, Turkey. The sampling consisted of 75 nurses who were available and agreed to participate in the research. In the data collection, the 'Introductory Characteristics Form,' California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory,' and 'Individual Innovativeness Scale' were used. In the data analysis, frequency analysis, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H-test, and correlation analysis were used. Results: The nurses' overall critical thinking score was 195.68+-20.53, individual innovativeness total score was 62.81+-7.81, and individual innovativeness sub-scale scores were 25.42+-4.01 in the idea leadership sub-scale, 26.09+-4.64 in the resistance to change sub-scale, and 15.46+-2.27 in the risk-taking sub-scale. When the scores were evaluated, it was found that nurses have a low level of general critical thinking tendencies and have questioning characteristics in terms of individual innovativeness characteristics. There was a significant difference between the nurses' years in the profession and their individual innovativeness characteristics (p