Impact of Nurses' Knowledge, Self-Efficacy and Clinical Reasoning Competency on Difficulties in Caring for Patients With Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine the impact of critical care nurses' delirium knowledge, self-efficacy and clinical reasoning competency on delirium care difficulties based on the information-motivation-behavioural (IMB) skills model from a behavioural perspective.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

A total of 440 critical care nurses from five hospitals in China were selected using convenience sampling and invited to complete an online questionnaire for measurement. Data were collected in November 2024 and analysed using SPSS/AMOS with descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Structural equation modelling was constructed to test the hypothesised relationships among the variables, with bootstrapping to assess mediation effects.

Results

SUBMITTER: Dong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779172 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature