Background: Head nurses play a vital role in supporting staff nurses in carrying out their duties. Staff nurses' creativity is a pivotal in promoting health and wellbeing of patients. So, they need strong support from head nurses to facilitate their creativity. Aim: This study aimed to assess the staff nurses' perception of head nurses' support for their creativity. Subjects and Method: Research design: Descriptive research design was used in the study. Setting: The study was conducted at Tanta University Main Hospital. Subjects: Consisted of all staff nurses 710 from the above mentioned setting. Tools: two tools were used to collect the data. Tool I: Head nurses' support scale. Tool II: Staff nurses' creativity scale. Results: Majority of staff nurses had high perception of head nurses' support as a total. Regarding to staff nurses' creativity, majority of staff nurses had high percentage of creativity as a total. Conclusion: There were statistically significant positive correlation between staff nurses' perception of head nurses' support for their creativity. Recommendation: it was recommended that heath care organization managers including head nurses should provide suitable, supportive environment for staff nurses to create new ideas and supporting their creativity. Head nurses have to provide opportunities for staff nurses to express their ideas and opinions, as well as setup an orientation programs for newly staff nurses about the importance of creativity and its role in developing heath care systems.
Awad, G., EL-Demerdash, S., & Eid, W. (2021). Staff Nurses' Perception of Head Nurses' Support for their Creativity. Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 22(3), 161-184. doi: 10.21608/tsnj.2021.196632
MLA
Gehad Mohamad Amin Awad; Safaa Mohamed EL-Demerdash; Walaa Mostafa Eid. "Staff Nurses' Perception of Head Nurses' Support for their Creativity". Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 22, 3, 2021, 161-184. doi: 10.21608/tsnj.2021.196632
HARVARD
Awad, G., EL-Demerdash, S., Eid, W. (2021). 'Staff Nurses' Perception of Head Nurses' Support for their Creativity', Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 22(3), pp. 161-184. doi: 10.21608/tsnj.2021.196632
VANCOUVER
Awad, G., EL-Demerdash, S., Eid, W. Staff Nurses' Perception of Head Nurses' Support for their Creativity. Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 2021; 22(3): 161-184. doi: 10.21608/tsnj.2021.196632
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