The Impact of Nursing Students' Study Crafting and Critical Thinking Disposition on Clinical Reasoning Competence

This descriptive survey study aimed to investigate the correlations among study crafting, critical thinking disposition, and clinical reasoning competence in nursing students, as well as the influencing factors on clinical reasoning competence.Data were collected using structured questionnaires from nursing students attending one university located in J province.The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 24.0.Descriptive statistics were used, and differences in variables according to the participants' general characteristics were analyzed with t-tests and ANOVA.Correlations between variables were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficients, factors influencing clinical reasoning competence were analyzed using multiple regression, and post-hoc analysis using Schffe's test.The results showed significant differences in Study Crafting based on grade level, personality, and thoughts on the nursing profession.Critical thinking disposition showed significant differences based on personality and thoughts on the nursing profession, and clinical reasoning competence showed significant differences based on grade and personality.Study Crafting showed a strong positive correlation between critical thinking disposition and clinical reasoning competence, and critical thinking disposition also showed a strong positive correlation with clinical reasoning competence.Study crafting, critical thinking disposition, and grade were identified as influencing factors on clinical reasoning competence, with the model explaining 71.5% of the variance.Therefore, it is necessary to develop strategies and changes in the nursing curriculum to improve the clinical reasoning competence of nursing students.