Polarity Management Training Program for First Line Nurse Manager

Influence of Polarity Management Training Program on First Line Nurse Manager Creativity Behavior and Motivation

Polarities are vital issues in healthcare systems. Nursing is a profession riddled with polarities. If first-line nurse managers are well trained to manage polarities in the workplace, this could lead to positive outcomes for nurses, nurse managers and organization performance.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Intervention
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Polarity Management Training Program

Detailed Description

Polarities are vital issues in healthcare systems. Nursing is a profession riddled with polarities. If first-line nurse managers are well trained to manage polarities in the workplace, this could lead to positive outcomes for nurses, nurse managers and organization performance. This study aimed to examine the influence of polarity management training program on first-line nurse managers' creative behavior and motivation.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

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

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

First-line nurse managers

• willing to participate in the study
• work in all inpatient care units of Alexandria University hospitals
• Sign a consent

Exclusion Criteria:

First-line nurse managers

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: group of first-line nurse managers; First-line nurse managers received a polarity training program	Other: Polarity Management Training Program; 60 first-line nurse managers received a training program involving theoretical and practical sessions
Other: intervention group; 60 first-line nurse managers received a polarity training program	Other: Polarity Management Training Program; 60 first-line nurse managers received a training program involving theoretical and practical sessions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Questionnaire to measure nurse managers' knowledge	Knowledge of 60 nurse managers as assessed using a binary scale (0= No, 1= Yes). Change in nurse managers' knowledge level in one month	one month
Nursing polarity case study situations to assess first-line nurse manager's ability to differentiate between problems to solve and polarities to manage	Polarity skills of 60 first-line nurse managers as assessed using the dichotomous scale (0= No and 1 = yes)	one month
Questionnaire to measure creativity behavior of first-line nurse managers	The level of thinking and the ability of nurse managers to produce creative ideas for managing polarities as assessed by a five- Likert scale from 1= never to 5= very often	one month
questionnaire to measure intrinsic work motivation among first-line nurse managers	intrinsic work motivation among first-line nurse managers as assessed using a five Likert scale (1= strongly disagree, 5= strongly agree)	one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Matrouh University
• 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 record dates

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 3, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): April 9, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 9, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 3, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Motivation; Management; Polarity; Training Program; Creativity; Nurse Managers
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0305898

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