The Impact of Leadership Training on Nurse Managers’ Effectiveness
TL;DR
Evaluating the impact of a system-wide nursing leadership quality improvement initiative in a network of four public hospitals and one specialized outpatient center in Saudi Arabia found that attending well-structured nursing leadership quality improvement programs positively enhances nurse managers’ professional abilities and perception of their management and leadership competencies.
Abstract
Developing leadership and management competencies for nursing managers is critical to the effective leadership of others and driving team and organizational performance. This is a quantitative study aimed to evaluate the impact of a system-wide nursing leadership quality improvement initiative in a network of four public hospitals and one specialized outpatient center in Saudi Arabia. The initiative was designed to enhance nursing middle managers’ leadership and managerial competencies. Secondary Data analysis of a pre- and post-course self-assessment for 105 middle nursing managers who attended a nursing leadership quality improvement training program between November 2022 to March 2024. Following participation in this quality improvement initiative, the paired sample t-test analysis demonstrated a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-assessments total and individual leadership domains mean scores. Attending well-structured nursing leadership quality improvement programs positively enhances nurse managers’ professional abilities and perception of their management and leadership competencies. Leadership development programs should equip managers with the skills and tools to achieve their professional goals effectively and support their transition to becoming expert nurse leaders. Healthcare institutions’ ethical obligation is to provide them with the necessary resources and training to achieve this goal.