Original Article
Comparison of management training demands of charge nurses with different types of leadership in general tertiary hospitals
Li Ning, Jun Lu, Yimin Li, Li Wang, Lijun Lin, Hongfang Xie
Published 2019-07-16
Cite as Chin J Mod Nurs, 2019, 25(20): 2540-2544. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.20.007
Abstract
ObjectiveTo analyze the main types of the leadership in the charge nurses in Class Ⅲ general hospitals by the potential category model, so as to explore the management training needs for the different types of charge nurses.
MethodsBy cluster random sampling, charge nurses from 11 ClassⅢ general hospitals in Zhejiang province were selected from October to December of 2017 and studied by General Information Questionnaire, Leadership Questionnaire, and Training Needs Questionnaire. By Mplus 7.0 software, the potential category model of charge nurses' leadership was analyzed and all categories of charge nurses' training needs were analyzed by SPSS 19.0 software. Totally 782 questionnaires were collected with 736 valid ones left after omitting the invalid ones, yielding an effective recovery rate of 94.12%.
ResultsPotential category model analysis showed that in the 736 charge nurses, 3 leadership categories of high level of leadership, medium level of leadership and low level of leadership accounted for 12.64%, 55.84% and 31.52% respectively. The charge nurses had high demands on management position training, with each clauses exceeding 3.50 points, there were statistical differences in the 3 potential leadership categories of charge nurses' training demands as well as scores from each clauses (P<0.05) . There were no statistical difference between each categories in terms of the training needs of "nursing quality management", "hospital infection management" "occupational protection" "computer application skills" "human resource management" and "scheduling as well as basic qualify and abilities" (P>0.05) .
ConclusionsThere are 3 types of leadership in the charge nurses of the Class Ⅲ general hospitals. The clauses with high demands among the nurses with low level of leadership include "nursing quality management" "nursing safety management"; the clauses with high demands among the nurses with medium level of leadership include "staff stimulation and talent cultivation" "nursing safety management"; the clauses with high demands among the nurses with high level of leadership include "strategic management setup" "leadership improvement", etc.
Key words:
Nursing supervisor; Leadership; Charge nurses; Training demands
Contributor Information
Li Ning
Department of Nursing, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China
Jun Lu
Yimin Li
Li Wang
Lijun Lin
Hongfang Xie