Background:
Nursing is a profession based on theoretical knowledge and practice, and the clinical decision-making process is important. Many factors affect the fear of negative evaluation, and fear of a negative evaluation is a potential variable that can affect clinical decision-making.
Method:
This descriptive cross-sectional study included undergraduate nursing students (
n
= 283).
Results:
Nursing students' fear of a negative evaluation and clinical decision-making scale scores were 31.92 ± 08.51 and 149.18 ± 13.67, respectively. No significant relationship was identified between the scores (
p
> .05).
Conclusion:
The fear of a negative evaluation was not associated with nursing students' perceptions of clinical decision-making. To reduce nursing students' fear of a negative evaluation and improve their clinical decision-making ability, appropriate training programs should be developed and implemented by nursing educators and administrators.
[
J Nurs Educ
. 2023;62(6):325–331.]