Özet:

The study was conducted to determine the problem solving skills of nurses working in emergency departments. The study were carried out with 120 nurses, accepted the survey, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine Balcalı Hospital, Numune Training and Research Hospital in Adana and Yozgat Cıty Hospital, Yozgat Bozok University Health Practice And Research Center nurses working in emergency clinics, between January 2016 and June 2016. In the collection of data was used the personal information form with Problem Solving Inventory. In the evaluation of the data, descriptive statistics and ANOVA test were used. It was determined that 74.27% of them did not receive training on problem solving and 55.8% were working environment in the source of the problem. It was found that the mean total score of the nurses in the Problem Solving Inventory was at a moderate level (81.33 ± 19.91). According to the educational status of the nurses, the difference between the mean scores of the hasty and avoidant approach sub-factors of the Problem Solving Inventory was found to be statistically significant (f = 2.82; p <0.05, f = 3.05; p <0.05). In addition, the mean scores of the hasty and avoidant approach sub-factors of the Problem Solving Inventory of nurses graduated from Health Vocational High School more higher postgraduate graduate nurses. Educational status significantly affects problem solving skills. İt may be recommended updating the curriculum given in the nursing education process or to continue postgraduate education.

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