FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CRITICAL THINKING IN THE TRAINING OF SPECIALIST

Carpio-Borja S.J.; Zeladita-Huaman J.A.; Mamani Conto G.; Mariñas-Acevedo O.; Zegarra-Chapoñán R. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2025) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v25i4.6590

Resumen

A study was conducted to identify the level of critical thinking and its associated factors among nurses pursuing a second specialization at two universities in Lima. An observational and correlational design was used, employing the Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice Questionnaire with a purposive sample of 159 second-specialty nursing students. Of the participants, 91.2% were working in clinical care roles, and 67.9% demonstrated a moderate level of critical thinking. The factors associated with critical thinking were age (β = -1.09, p = 0.04) and years of professional experience (β = 2.74, p < 0.001). The regression model explained 14% of the total variance. Nurses enrolled in a second specialization exhibited a moderate level of critical thinking, with age and professional experience identified as associated factors. © Article published by the Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana of Universidad Ricardo Palma. It is an open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is duly cited.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Universidad María Auxiliadora; Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener