Effectiveness of nursing management education program upon the nurse managers' knowledge about planning in Baghdad city hospitals

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Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the Nursing Management Education Program upon the Nurse Managers' Knowledge about planning in Nursing Management at Baghdad City Hospitals.

Methodology: A Quasi-experimental study in which a purposive "non-probability" sample of (50) Nurse Managers was selected from Baghdad City Hospitals.

These Managers were divided into two equal groups of (25) Nurse Managers for each (study and control ones).

A questionnaire was developed as a tool for data collection.

A pilot study was carried out to test the reliability of the questionnaire for the period from April 2nd to June 20th 2007.

The pre-post test approach was applied to the study and control groups as mean for the quasi- experimental design when the education program was implemented in the period from October 1st 2007 to February 1st 2008.

Data were analyzed through the application of the descriptive data analysis approach (frequency, percentage, mean) and inferential data analysis approach (T-test).

Results: The study results revealed that the study group participants made use of the implementation of nursing management program and a change had occurred to their knowledge about planning in nursing management.

The study concludes that the nursing management education program can be considered an effective mean for the improvement of the nurse managers' knowledge about planning in nursing management.

Recommendations: The study recommends that the nursing management education program can be presented to all nurse managers with respect to planning in nursing management.

Keywords: Nursing Management; Nurse Managers' Knowledge; Nurse Managers' Planning