The self-efficacy of the subject nurses in this study was 3.22 T 0.40, which is higher than the 2.83 T 0.32 of the general nurses studied by Bong et al. (2009) and similar to the 3.61 (of 6) of the psychiatric nurses studied by Kim (2006), although a different tool was used in the latter. As with the higherself-efficacy achieved indealing with difficul tpatients, self-efficacy typicallyincreases as difficult situations (e.g., acute diseases, emergency situations) are overcome swiftly and accurately while carrying out the nursing tasks and ensuring the survival of patients (Tyler et al., 2012).