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Susan H Weaver1, M T Meadows, Damayra Amante
1Author Affiliations: Nurse Scientist (Dr Weaver), Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing, Tinton Falls, New Jersey; and New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, Newark; President, Meadows Consulting Group, LLC, and Former AONL Director of Professional Practice (Dr Meadows) and Administrative Supervisor (Amante), Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center; Senior Biostatistician (Paliwal), Hackensack Meridian Health, Agile Institute, Edison; and Administrative Supervisor (Puterman), Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune Township, New Jersey.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to validate administrative supervisor functional competencies and describe self-assessed mastery levels.
Background:
Leadership development and success are anchored in role-specific competencies. Administrative supervisor functional competencies were created utilizing the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Nurse Leader Core Competencies and Nurse Manager Functional Competencies. This study focused on testing the identified core competencies for administrative supervisors with a national sample of administrative supervisors.
Methods:
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study.
Results:
Respondents (n = 104) rated the administrative supervisor functional competencies as relevant and assessed themselves as competent in performing these competencies.
Conclusion:
These competencies can guide job descriptions, performance reviews, and leadership development for administrative supervisors, thereby enhancing the role and impact of these important nurse leaders.
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