This study was conducted to investigate the degree of PSI (self-evaluative awareness of problem solving ability) in PMHNP (psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners) and to identified the factors predicting problem solving ability of them, in order to provide basic data for the development of the specific education programs to improve problem solving ability.
Data was collected from 355 subjects who have the certificates of PMHNP working in hospitals and public centers. Chun Seok Kyun´s instruments (1993) based on the Heppner and Petersen´s Problem Solving Inventory (1982) was used to determine PMHNPs´ PSI.
The results were as follows;
1. The average score of PSI of PMHNP was 2.81±0.23. Of the three factors, there marked the lowest score in the factor 3, personal control (2.56±0.43), and the highest score was in the factor I, problem-solving confidence (2.95±0.34).
2. The differences in PSI were significant for degree of education and career in psychiatric settings (p=0.0001, p=0.0187).
3. Job satisfaction was the highest factor predicting PSI of PMHNP(17.9%). When degree of education, career in psychiatric setting and marital status were added, the total predictors explained 24.3%.
As a result, it is necessary to conduct further research in relation to the problem-solving process, the development of education program, skill acquisition and measurement of problem solving in nursing practice.
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