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Chun-Mei Kang1, Hsiao-Ting Chiu, Yi-Chun Hu
1Nursing Department, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Aims:
To assess the level of and the differences in managerial competencies, research capability, time management, executive power, workload and work-stress ratings among nurse administrators (NAs), and to determine the best predictors of managerial competencies for NAs.
Background:
Although NAs require multifaceted managerial competencies, research related to NAs' managerial competencies is limited.
Method:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 330 NAs from 16 acute care hospitals. Managerial competencies were determined through a self-developed questionnaire. Data were collected in 2011.
Results:
All NAs gave themselves the highest rating on integrity and the lowest on both financial/budgeting and business acumen. All scores for managerial competencies, research capability, time management and executive power showed a statistically significant correlation. The stepwise regression analysis revealed that age; having received NA training; having completed a nursing project independently; and scores for research capability, executive power and workload could explain 63.2% of the total variance in managerial competencies.
Conclusion:
The present study provides recommendations for future administrative training programmes to increase NAs' managerial competency in fulfilling their management roles and functions.
Implications For Nursing Management:
The findings inform leaders of hospitals where NAs need to develop additional competencies concerning the type of training NAs need to function proficiently.
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