Teamwork climate and safety climate in pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology wards in king Khaled university hospital [KKUH], Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Patient safety has attracted great attention over the last decade among health care members, Teamwork climate and safety climate are two main important parts of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaires addressed by the University of Texas Center of Excellence or patient Safety Research and Practice. The current study measures teamwork climate and safety climate in pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology nursing departments in King Khalid University Hospital [KKUH]. A cross sectional descriptive study was used in conducting the study with sample of 64 nurses. The findings revealed a high teamwork climate and low safety climate within the setting, Due to this, recommendation is mainly focus with the implementation of effective communication and collaboration between health professionals. In addition, an education program of patient safety is needed both for the health members and patients as client

Delegation: a key to management productivity

Delegation is at the heart of management-it is getting work done and meeting goals through others. It is about developing trust and empowering employees. Effective delegation increases productivity as well as production capacity [Burns, 2001]. Delegation cannot be viewed as an abstract technique; it depends on individuals and individual needs [Blair, 2003]. In this context, a non-experimental ex post facto or correlation design study was used to investigate how delegation was being performed by nurse managers [head nurses] at two different settings [Elshohada Hospital and Quesna Hospital in Al Minufiyah Governorate of Egypt]. A second purpose of the study was to identify the effect that delegation had on head nurses' productivity. A convincing sample of 35 head nurses working in different units in the two hospitals was included in the study. Data were collected by two tools. The first tool was a two-part questionnaire. Part I included demographic characteristics of the sample size, such as age, education, and years of experience. Part II consisted of 18 statements, translated into Arabic, aimed at assessing the degree of work delegation by respondents. The second tool measured professional productivity by means of efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency categories [Curtin, 1984]. The study concluded that the majority of respondents understood and correctly used delegation. In addition, there was statistically significant correlation between delegation and nurse managers' productivity. Recommendations were made in light of these findings