The Impact Of Tacit Knowledge Transfer Through Storytelling On Nurses' Clinical Decision Making

Background: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) is the foremost aspect of caring for patients. Storytelling can enhance skills such as judging, and problem-solving among people, especially in clinical education environments.Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the impact of tacit knowledge transfer through storytelling on CDM by nurses.Methods: The current quasi-experimental study was conducted on 61 nurses. The participants were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. An eight-hour storytelling session was held for the experimental group, but not for the control group. The assessment tool was the Jenkins' CDM in nursing scale.Results: The mean scores of CDM pre-intervention were 146.80 +/- 12.68 and 138.42 +/- 12.64 in the experimental and control groups, respectively (P = 0.012). The mean scores of CDM post-intervention were 163.43 +/- 18.45 and 139.10 +/- 11.78 for the experimental and control groups, respectively (P < 0.001). The gain scores were 28.74 +/- 38.90 and 0.78 +/- 3.84 in the intervention and control groups, respectively. The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001).Conclusions: The obtained results showed that the transfer of knowledge and experiences through storytelling significantly enhanced CDM score.