Difference of head nurses management competencies among public and private hospitals of Lahore
International Journal of Development Research
Difference of head nurses management competencies among public and private hospitals of Lahore
Received 08th May, 2018; Received in revised form 26th June, 2018; Accepted 19th July, 2018; Published online 31st August, 2018
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Introduction of the study: Nursing Profession is an important part of the health care system, which works for the Wellbeing of health, inhibition of illness, and care of persons who are physically, mentally ill and disable people in all ages (Althabe et al., 2015). According to the Armstrong et al., (2015), the best evidence of nursing care can be assessed by their competencies,. The nursing supervisor plays an important role organizing patient care activities. Objectives: To identify the difference in management competencies among head nurses of Public and Private Hospitals of Lahore. Methodology: Quantitative Cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. The instrument use for the data collection was adopted questioner and convenient sampling technique was used. Conclusion: A descriptive study was done to assess the difference of head nurses’ management competencies among public and private hospital. Lickert scale was uses to assess the head nurses perception of competencies by questioner. The finding of the results are satisfactory because the results shows mostly positive response but indicate there is significant difference between public and private hospital head nurses management competencies in Pakistan.