Application of Management Development Strategy for Developing Nurse Intern’s Managerial Skills | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 4, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 37-49 PDF (257.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.106970 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mona F. Mohamed1; Rabab M. Hassan2; Hemat A. Mostafa2 | ||
| 1Nursing Administration Department-Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University. | ||
| 2Nursing Administration Department- Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Developing nurse interns’ managerial skills is crucial to increase their confidence, autonomy, and satisfaction that has proven to result in increased quality of patient care and increased patient safety. Aim: The current study aimed at developing managerial skills of nurse interns by application of management development strategy. Subject and Methods: Quasi experimental design was used. The study was conducted at Beni-Suef university hospital where the nurse interns spending their internship year. A convenient sample of nurse interns (184) who spend the internship year at Beni-Suef university hospital at academic year 2016-2017 were agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using three tools; Nurse Interns’ knowledge questionnaire sheet, Observation checklist, and Nurse Interns’ needs assessment questionnaire Sheet. Results: The results showed that Nurse interns’ total knowledge related to managerial skills was unsatisfactory in the pre intervention, and improved in the post and follow up phases to satisfactory levels. Nurse interns’ total performance related to managerial skills was at inadequate in the pre intervention, and improved in the post and follow up phases to adequate levels. Conclusion: Nurse interns’ managerial skills were statistically significantly improved after implementing of the training intervention, and were still improved in the follow up phase. Recommendations: The study recommends conducting in-service education and professional development programs regularly based on need assessment. Further studies are needed to examine the effect of developing nurse interns’ managerial skills on organization outcomes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Management; Development Strategies; Managerial Skills; Nurse interns | ||
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