Abstract
Introduction: Nurses are key members of the healthcare team who play an important role in the healthcare system, planning and implementing health services. Providing quality services by nurses, especially in intensive care units (ICU), depends on strengthening clinical performance and timely and effective patient decision-making. The aim is to determine the effect of problem-solving skill training using Goldfried's social problem-solving model and the Problem-Solving Method (PSM) model on ICU nurses' clinical performance. Methods: The present research was conducted in a semi-experimental design; the statistical population of this research included the nurses of Hajar and Ayatollah Kashani the ICU of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (SKUMS) in 2022. Fifty nurses were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into two groups. An educational intervention program for problem-solving skills using the Goldfried model was implemented in six two-hour sessions, a written educational program for problem-solving skills using the problem-solving model. The PSM model was implemented in six two-hour sessions. Before, immediately, and two months after the intervention, the Nurse's Clinical Performance Questionnaire (NCPQ) was used to assess ICU nurses' clinical performance. Results: The results of the study showed that the clinical performance of nurses in both groups (Goldfried's model group and PSM group) increased two months after the intervention (p<.05), but there was no significant difference between the clinical performance of the two groups (p>.05). Conclusions: Medical center managers and officials can use problem-solving skills training using the social problem-solving model to strengthen the performance of nurses and other hospital employees and thus the level of performance.