Effect of Lean Leadership Training Program on Head Nurses' Lean Performance and Staff Nurses' Workplace Safety at Mansoura Children Hospital

Many global healthcare challenges, such as infections, preventable errors, growing healthcare costs, and changing patient expectations, have a negative impact on health outcomes. Lean management provides a solution to these problems by reducing costs and eliminating waste . So, implementation of lean practices improves staff performance, adapt to new competitors, and foster flexibility. They are beneficial for economic growth. Research shows that lean practices improve knowledge and skills of head nurses, improve environmental quality, and create a safer and more productive work environment . This study will provide more focus on the value of lean leadership as a new approach to be implemented in Egyptian hospitals to improve leader's competencies, capacity, and skills in determining wastes in care processes by using lean tools and for continuous improvement. Also, it will help in enhancing workplace safety and to provide safe and appropriate care for patient which result in improving health care system as a general. Hence the present study aims to evaluate the effect of a lean leadership training program on workplace safety.