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NCT Number: NCT06366646

Competency-based Intervention for Head Nurses

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Intervention Behavior Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Marsá Maţrūḩ, 002, Egypt

About this study

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

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Competency-based intervention

Other

90 head nurses and their assistants received the competency-based intervention program

Primary outcomes

  1. 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).

  2. 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).

  3. 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).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Matrouh University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 16, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 16, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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