Nurses' perception of criteria for promotion to head nurse position in selected hospitals | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 11, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2017, Pages 126-138 PDF (354.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.54573 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatma Essam Herzallah1; Laila Mohamed Abdo2 | ||
| 1B.Sc Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University | ||
| 2Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Promotion in nurses' positions considers one of the important targets for the nurses' professional life, it's the source of motivation, inspiration for nurses', and it's positively associated with increased job satisfaction, efficacy, effectiveness, and positive outcomes for health care agencies. Aim: The study is aimed to identify staff nurses' perception of the criteria for promotion to head nurse position. Subjects and Methods: Data were collected from three hospitals' affiliated with different health organizations. The total sample size was 300 nurses, randomly selected and equally distributed among the selected hospitals. A questionnaire was developed by the investigator and utilized for the data collection, it contains two parts; the first part was related to respondents' socio- demographic data, & the second part was related to the perceived criteria for promotion to head nurse position. A descriptive analytical design was used to achieve the aim of the study. Results: the study showed that the respondents' support with high mean scores the four dimensions and statistically there were significant difference between age, qualification, employing hospital and respondents' perception to the criteria for promotion to head nurse position, while the position in hospitals has insignificant effect on the respondents' perception to head nurse position. Conclusion: The study findings indicated four main dimensions' for the promotion to head nurse, each dimension consists list of criteria for promotion. Technical; Personal; Leadership; then administrative qualities; using this criteria as a base for selection of head nurses shall assure staff loyalty, retention and maintain quality of nursing management. Recommendations: hospitals shall develop a clear job description for the head nurse position, also shall maintain setting appropriate criteria based performance appraisal for promotion to head nurse position | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nurses; perception; criteria; promotion | ||
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