A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Transformational Leadership Programme on Unit Charge Nurses Leadership Practices in Hamad Medical Corporation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in transformational leadership behavior of charge nurses.
研究概览
简要总结
Nurse leaders need to be visionary adapting to the fast-paced environments and influence their followers in achievement of the goals. Transformational leadership is one of the most widely used style of leadership across the disciplines. Transformational leadership has been shown to enhance nurse satisfaction, recruitment, and retention to promote healthy environment. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an educational programme on the transformational leadership characteristics of charge nurses and their relationship to nurse's work engagement. An interactive transformational leadership programme targeting specific leadership knowledge and skills will be administered and evaluated.
详细描述
Leadership is defined as a process that persons usually perform to bring forth the best from themselves and their followers. After extensive review of literature it is identified that there is dearth of studies on the use of leadership programme among charge nurses. Most of the studies conducted on the leadership styles and their characteristics are correlational in nature where the causality is not measured.
It is identified that there were few studies conducted on leadership styles in Qatar, but the investigators did not find studies conducted on effectiveness of targeted transformational leadership development interventions among charge nurses. The investigator is interested in developing a targeted leadership development programme based on transformational leadership theory and strong evidence to implement among charge nurses.
Based on the current health scenario and considering the challenges posed by Covid-19, there is a need to develop transformational leadership skills of charge nurses with a view to develop future leaders. In this context the investigator is interested to conduct a study to answer the question, does targeted Transformational Leadership Programme change Transformational leadership practices among charge nurses?
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of transformational leadership programme on unit charge nurses leadership practices. This study uses a prospective, parallel group, randomized control group design to compare those received transformational leadership programme to standard educational booklet among charge nurses.The samples will be divided into two groups and subjects will be randomly assigned to both groups.The research team will use blocked randomization method for randomly assigning the subjects to both arms.The study also explores the relationship between transformational leadership practices and work engagement among unit charge nurses.
A total of 164 samples are needed for the study. The samples will be randomly assigned to the two arms. The leadership practice inventory will be used for assessment of leadership practices of charge nurses. This tool is considered as valid and reliable. Assessment using Leadership Practice Inventory will be done at the beginning of administering the intervention and after 3 months of training. Work engagement of staff nurses will be assessed using Utrecht Work Engagement Scale.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Due to the nature of the study the subjects and investigator are not masked. However the outcome assessors are marked for analysis.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 50 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Working as a Charge Nurse or Acting Charge Nurse with all responsibilities of the nursing unit.
- •Consent to participate from the Nursing Administration. (Executive Director of Nursing and respective Directors of Nursing)
- •Anticipated availability for the complete programme.
排除标准
- •Charge Nurses or Acting Charge Nurses who are currently undergoing any Leadership Training Programme.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in transformational leadership behavior of charge nurses.
时间窗: 3 Months
The primary target outcome is anticipated change in transformational leadership behavior of charge nurses assessed by using Leadership Practice Inventory. Leadership practice inventory is a standardized tool to assess the transformational leadership practices which is valid and reliable. The Inventory examines five basic leadership practices: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, encouraging the heart. Each of these leadership practices are measured by six items rated by 10 Point Likert Scale (1= almost never, 10= almost always). Each sub-scale ranges from 6 to 60, with higher scores indicating better transformational practices. The research team are expecting a change in the transformational leadership practice of the charge nurses from the transformational educational training group as compared with standard educational booklet group.
次要结局
- Change in work engagement of staff nurses.(3 Months)