Competency-based Intervention for Head Nurses

April 13, 2024 updated by: Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Matrouh University

Impact of Competency-Based Intervention on Leadership Effectiveness of Head Nurses in Teaching Hospitals

Head nurses have a crucial leadership role in managing their units and providing high-quality and safe nursing care. Head nurse leadership competency and effectiveness are very essential to manage nursing care practices and management activities in their hospitals. Development leadership competency intervention programs would improve the head nurse's competency and effectiveness.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Head nurses have a crucial leadership role in managing their units and providing high-quality and safe nursing care. Head nurse leadership competency and effectiveness are very essential to manage nursing care practices and management activities in their hospitals. Development leadership competency intervention programs would improve the head nurse's competency and effectiveness. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the leadership competency intervention program on the leadership effectiveness of head nurses

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

90

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 002
        • Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Head nurses

    • willing to participate in the study
    • work in general wards and toxicology, intensive and critical care units
    • Sign a consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Head nurses

    • work in outpatient units
    • Did not sign a consent
    • Absent from training

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: group of head nurses
Head nurses received competency-based intervention
90 head nurses and their assistants received the competency-based intervention program
Other: group of assistant head nurses
assistant head nurses received competency-based intervention
90 head nurses and their assistants received the competency-based intervention program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Questionnaire to measure head nurses' knowledge of leadership competency
Time Frame: one month
Head nurses' Knowledge of competency as assessed using five Likert scales (ranging from (1) not essential to (5) extremely essential with each statement).
one month
Questionnaire to measure head nurses' ability to use leadership competency
Time Frame: one month
Head nurses perceived their ability to use leadership competency as assessed using five Likert scales (from 1 = never / no to 5 = always / yes).
one month
Questionnaire to measure leadership effectiveness
Time Frame: one month
Leadership effectiveness as assessed using a five Likert scale (1= strongly disagree and 5= strongly agree).
one month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Study Director: Wael M. Lotfy, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt
  • Principal Investigator: Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt
  • Study Chair: Safaa M. El-Shanawany, Ph.D, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • Study Chair: Maha Ghanem, Ph.D, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • Study Chair: Elham Abd El KaderFayad, Ph.D, Psychatric Nursing and Mental health , Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 3, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 13, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

April 16, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 16, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 13, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 035901

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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