Efficacy of Talent Management Competencies Educational Program for Head Nurses on Nurses' Engagement at Intensive Care Units

Mohamed, Sally Abdelmongy; El- Sayed, Karima Ahmed; Abou Gad, Reda Abdelfattah.; Abou Ramadan, Amal Hamdy.

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2022.274245

Efficacy of Talent Management Competencies Educational Program for Head Nurses on Nurses' Engagement at Intensive Care Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University.

² Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University.

³ Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University.

10.21608/tsnj.2022.274245

Abstract

Background: Talent management is used for employing the right nurses, developing their
competencies, maintaining and engaging them and improving their productivity in the workplace.
Therefore, nurses able to adapt to dynamic changes and growth as well as increase innovation in
market place. Talent management has a positive effect on nurses’ engagement by exploring the
potential energies of them and filling the vacant positions with highly qualified talented nurses,
which is reflected in increasing their satisfaction. Aim: To determine the efficacy of talent
management competencies educational program for head nurses on nurses' engagement at Intensive
Care Units. Subjects and Method: Research Design: Quasi-experimental research design was
applied to achieve the purpose of the study. Settings: Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of Tanta Main
University Hospital. Subjects 9Two groups of subject were 40 head nurses and 90 nurses working in
ICUs. Results: Preprogram, majority of head nurses had poor knowledge and low levels of total
talent management competencies and seventy percent of nurses had low level of total work
engagement which improved at immediately and after three months post educational program.
Conclusion: There were a statistically significant improvements of head nurses’ knowledge and
levels of total talent management competencies and nurses’ levels of total work engagement at
immediately and after three months post program than preprogram. Recommendations: Hospital
administration provides management support for implementing talent management competencies
educational program into their future training to promote profitability, viability and market place of
healthcare services.