Nursing Students’ Perception of Just Culture and Development of Self-Confidence With Clinical Judgment

Abstract

AIM The aim of this study was to determine what is currently known about just culture’s impact on nursing students’ development of self-confidence with clinical judgment. BACKGROUND Graduates of nursing programs must execute sound nursing judgment to provide safe client care. METHOD The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guided the scoping review. The review elicited 1,411 sources and included 18 data sources. RESULTS Just culture was found to provide elements of trust, fairness, and psychological safety needed by nursing students to be self-confident in learning and executing clinical judgments that promote client safety. CONCLUSION Just culture promotes client safety in nursing education. Limited information exists on just culture’s influence on student self-confidence with clinical judgment; more research is therefore required.