The purpose of this study is to furnish basic data for nursing manager develop- merit through ascertaining need- level and demonstration level in nursing managerial competency of general hospital head nurses and grasping the gap-level and gap cause.
This study was a descriptive design, and the total subjects of this study were 136 head nurses of 12 general hospital which had over 250 beds in kwang-ju city and chonnam province.
Data was obtained from 17, Sept. to 29, sept. in 1999 through questionnaires.
The instrument for study was nursing managerial competency scale developed by Lee(1996)
Data were analyzed with frequency, mean, S.D. t-test, ANOVA, Paired t-test, & Pearson correlation coefficients which were deduced from SPSS/Win program.
1. The subjects need-level of the nursing managerial competency averaged 4.62, that it showed their high perception of necessity for nursing managerial competency. Group-dimension was the highest score 4.64, organization-dimension was the second highest score 4.61 and individual dimension was the third score 4.59 at need-level on each dimension.
2. The subjects demonstration-level of nursing managerial competency averaged 3.68. Group dimension was the highest score 3.80. organization dimension was the Second highest score 3.64 and individual-dimension was the third score 3.62 at demonstration-level on each dimension.
3. The subjects gap--level of nursing managerial competency averaged 0.94, so that it showed their practical demonstration-level was much lower comparing with their high perception of need-level for nursing managerial competency.
4. From the general characteristic power analysis of demonstration- level for nursing managerial competency, there were statistical significant differences at demon stration - level according to head nurses career and the existence of duty education right after their appointments (F=4.742. p< .005, t=.934, p<..005).
5. From the general characteristic power analysis of gap-level, there was a statistical significant differences at each gap-level according to clinical and head nurses career(F = 3.051, p<0.05 F=3.549, p=0.05).
6. Over 60% of the subjects responses to the gap cause between need- level and demonstration-level of nursing managerial competency were Limitation of rules and systems? Cognizance/ Compensation /Support deficiency at the organization level education/ Conference chance deficiency inappropriate duty environment, knowledge/ Skill /Experience deficiency Exceeding duties.
Finally we can expect for the result of this study to he used as the basic data for developing nursing manager since the composition content of nursing managerial competency which is necessary to general hospital head nurses is found and its need- level and demonstration level are perceived.
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