Abstract
Aim. To examine the relationships among nursing professionalism, empathy, and clinical decision-making ability and the factors influencing shared decision-making awareness in hemodialysis nurses. Background. Self-management and treatment for hemodialysis patients are essential for maintaining health and life in daily life. In this process, shared decision-making in which patients, nurses, and medical teams participate and make decisions together has a greater impact on the health recovery and improvement of quality of life for hemodialysis patients than for any other chronic disease patients. Methods. A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed. Participants were 145 nurses working in the hemodialysis centers at hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Measures included the general characteristics of study participants, nursing professionalism, empathy, clinical decision-making ability, and shared decision-making awareness. Data were collected from May to July, 2022, and multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the predictive factors of shared decision-making awareness. Results. The strongest predictor was empathy, followed by clinical decision-making ability and the level of education. The explanatory power of the final regression model was 23%. Conclusions. Empathy towards hemodialysis patients was an important factor influencing the shared decision-making awareness in hemodialysis nurses. Implications for Nursing Management. In nursing management, nursing managers or nurses should pay attention to influencing factors to improve the shared decision-making awareness of hemodialysis nurses. Empathy towards hemodialysis patients need to be reinforced to improve the shared decision-making awareness of hemodialysis nurses.
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