Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Head Nurses’ Knowledge about Nursing Leadership at Medical City Hospitals in Baghdad City Abdulhussein Enas Ghany1,*, Qassim Wissam Jabbar1 1College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Baghdad City, Iraq *Corresponding author: Enas Ghany Abdulhussein, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Baghdad city, Iraq
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract The Study aims to determine the effectiveness of nursing educational program on head nurses knowledge concerning nursing leadership in medical city hospitals in Baghdad city. A quasi-experimental design study was conducted in medical city hospitals in Baghdad city from 15 October 2018 to 1 August 2019.Non-probability (purposive) sample of (60) head nurses who working in different departments in the hospitals. The sample is divided into two groups; (30) head nurses (the case group) are exposed to the educational program and (30) head nurses (control group) are not exposed to the program, The sample was selected from the Directorate of Medical City, Private Nursing Hospital, Gastroenterology Hospital, Burns Hospital, Ghazi Hariri Specialized Surgery Hospital and Oncology Hospital, The researcher constructed educational program and instruments in order to reach the aims of the present study. The analysis of data is performed through the application of descriptive statistic (a frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, stander deviations) and inferential statistic (chi-square, independent sample t-tests paired t-test and one way ANOVA. The results of the current study revealed that head nurses who participated in education program demonstrated a high level of knowledge than the control groups in relation to nursing leadership Top Keywords Effectiveness, head nurses ‘knowledge, nursing leadership. Top |