Relation between Head Nurses Empowerment and Staff Nurses Productivity in Different Sectors

Abstract

Background: Psychological empowerment is definitely important and human resource managements a crucial resource in the organization survival and improved. Therefore, it is essential for nurse manager to recognize staff nurses workand implement several ways and techniques to empower them to improve quality of care and productivity. Aim: Assess the relation between head nurses’ empowerment and staff productivity at different sectors.Setting: The study was conducted at EL-Mahala General Hospital and Kafr_El-Sheikh General Hospital. Methods: A descriptive correlation design used for caring out this study. The current study was conducted in both EL-Mahala General Hospital and Kafr_El-Sheikh General Hospital which are affiliated to Ministry of Health. The study subjects consist of 35% of head nurses (n=41) and staff nurses (n=310) from different departments in both hospitals previous mentioned.Tools: Includes two tools, tool; included two parts;socio demographic sheet,part 2: psychological empowerment questionnaire and tool II:productivity scale was used. Results: The present study was revealed that the majority (87, 80%)of total empowerment of head nurses were good level and the 54.84% of staff nurses productivity were a good level. There is a statistical significant difference between total empowerment and head nurses demographic related to years of experience.Also, there is a statistical significant difference between totalstaff nurses productivity and their demographic related to marital status, age, years of experience and academic qualification respectively. In addition, there is a strong positive correlation between head nurse' empowerment and staff nurse' productivity.Conclusionand recommendation: The present study concluded that the head nurses had high level of empowerment and staff nurses resemble a good level of productivity.There is a positive significant correlation between head nurses' empowerment and staff nurses' productivity at both EL-Mahala General Hospital and Kafr_El-Sheikh General Hospital. The study recommended that nurse manager create positive work environment,established open channels of communication and conducting training program to increase awareness of all staff nurses members about importance of empowerment and productivity.They contribute and allow individual creativity, empower staff nurse to increase productivity.