Personality traits affect critical care nursing competence: A multicentre cross-sectional study

To investigate the relationship between personality traits and critical care nursing competence among critical care nurses. Multicentre cross-sectional survey using a self-report questionnaire and path modelling, from August 2017 to December 2018. Six intensive care units in Japan. We assessed relationships among the Big Five personality traits and four critical care nursing competencies in nurses. We included 211 nurses (77.7% women, 59.2% in their 20 s); 62.6% had 1–5 years’ critical care nursing experience. Among the four competencies, principles of nursing care had a direct positive effect on decision-making (0.77, p