Identification of nursing management diagnoses

Area of Science:

• Nursing Management
• Organizational Theory
• Healthcare Administration

Background:

• Nursing and management theories offer frameworks to improve nursing management practice.
• The concept of nursing management diagnosis integrates nursing and organizational diagnoses for nurse manager decision-making.

Purpose of the Study:

• To identify problems in managing nursing units.
• To validate the relevancy of identified problems to nursing practice.
• To generate and validate nursing management diagnoses.

Main Methods:

• Method triangulation was employed to systematically identify and validate nursing management problems and diagnoses.
• Diagnoses were validated against a predefined definition of nursing management diagnosis.

Main Results:

• A total of 72 nursing management diagnoses were initially identified.
• 66 out of 72 identified diagnoses were validated by participating nurse managers.
• Validation achieved a 70% level of agreement among nurse managers.

Conclusions:

• The study successfully generated and validated a significant number of nursing management diagnoses.
• Validated nursing management diagnoses provide a basis for improved nurse manager decision-making.
• This research contributes to enhancing the effectiveness of nursing management practice through evidence-based diagnoses.