Managerial training needs assessment for head nurses working at ministry of health hospitals

Training needs assessment is essential for planning educational activities for head nurses. This study aim was to identify managerial training needs assessment for head nurses working at ministry of health hospital. This was to be achieved through assessment of the points of view of head nurses. The study was conducted on 139 head nurses working in l4 general hospitals affiliated to the ministry of health in 14 govemorates in Egypt. Data collection was done through a self-administered questionnaire to assess training needs in administrative and managerial tasks, as well as their preferences for training. The results demonstrated that only 39.6% of the head nurses attended training courses in administration. There was a high agreement upon all head nurses tasks proposed. The training topics mostly needed were time management [65.5%] and informatics [64.0%]. Half or more of the head nurses preferred five courses per year, with seven days duration, five daily working hours, during work time, and out side the workplace, with pre-post testing, and nomination for courses to be based on pre-set criteria, and the lecture was the most preferred teaching method. These preferences differ among different governorates and according to head nurse qualification. Therefore it is recommended to develop a plan for training nurse managers in administration and management, taking into account their expressed needs and preferences. Periodic assessment of training needs should be conducted to update needs and preferences

Developing nursing care standards for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization

The present study aims at developing nursing care standards for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization through developing nursing care standards entailing all criteria related to nursing care of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, testing the validity of the developed standards from expert's point of view and testing the reliability of the developed standards through series of measurements of nurses' performance. Two groups of subjects were included in this study; nurses group [42] nurses working in cardiac catheterization unit at National Heart Institute, and 45 Jury experts from different categories. Three tools of data collection were used; nurses' questionnaire sheet, jury opinionaire sheet, and performance sheet. The results of this study indicated that there was a high percent of agreement [ranging from 95.6% to 100%] upon all items of the developed structure and process standards as regards face validity as reported by jury group. Moreover, the jury groups indicated high total percent of agreement upon most of the items of the developed structure and process standards as regards content validity. No significant differences were found among the three jury groups. As regards reliability, the results indicated that observations of all items of the developed structure standards were the same at the two separate time periods, also, no statistically significant differences were found between nurses' performance for both time periods. However, the only difference of statistical significance was in relation to items of "check a signed Consent form, and check the puncture site frequently", p<0.05. The study concluded that the developed nursing care standards had acceptable validity and reliability to be used in the cardiac catheterization unit at National heart Institute. Also, it recommended that the developed standards should be applied for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, and revised and updated regularly

Developing and validating operating room safety standards at El-Demardash Hospital

Safety standards for the operating room have existed for decades. These standards have traditionally focused on equipment, fire prevention and environmental controls with the primary aim of protecting the people who work in the room. That is, surgeons, perioperative care nurses and anesthesiologists. The present study aimed at developing and validating operating room safety standard through, identifying the potential hazards in the operating rooms, proposing safety standards in the operating room and verifying the proposed safety standards according to expert opinions. The study was conducted at El Demerdash Hospital, Ain Shams University. The sample included 43nurses and 49 physicians who working in the operating Rooms. The data collection tools were a questionnaire format to assess, availability of the potential hazards in the operating rooms, observation checklist to evaluate the performance of the personnel toward the potential hazards and An opinionnair format: this tool aims at reflecting opinions of jury regarding the safety standards to verify its contents, the findings showed statistically significant very high percentages related to agreement of jury group members upon the general responsibilities of the operating room nurse in the proposed standard for all the items. The data collection tools were a questionnaire, it declares very high percentages of the importance in most of items such as Proper surgical positions for each type of operations, Wearing the lead apron during the process of radiography for all employees in the OR and Periodic daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning of OR equipment operations to prevent cross-infection. The study recommended that. The steps of the safety standards must be demonstrating by detail for all team work of the operating rooms. Safety Standards must be available and applicable for all work teams of the operating rooms of the hospital and Demonstrate the effective of the physical hazards on the work teams especially x-ray radiation