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Strengthening the capacity of nursing leaders through multifaceted professional development initiatives: A mixed method evaluation of the 'Take The Lead' program
- Source :
- Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia). 23(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- © 2014 Australian College of Nursing Ltd. Background: Effective nursing leadership is necessary for the delivery of safe, high quality healthcare. Yet experience and research tells us that nursing leaders are commonly unprepared for their roles. Take The Lead (TTL), a large-scale, multifaceted professional development program was initiated in New South Wales, Australia, to strengthen the capacity of Nursing/Midwifery Unit Managers (N/MUMs). The aim of this study was to examine the effects of TTL on job performance, nursing leadership and patient experience. Methods: Nursing/Midwifery Unit Managers (n = 30) and managers of N/MUMs (n = 30) who had completed the TTL program were interviewed between August and December 2010. The semi-structured interviews included a combination of open-ended questions and questions that required respondents to rate statements using a Likert scale. Data from the open-ended questions were thematically analysed to identify and categorise key concepts. The responses to the Likert items were analysed via descriptive statistics. Results: Nursing/Midwifery Unit Managers' participation in TTL engendered improvements in job performance and leadership skills, as well as some improvement in patients' experiences of care. The program facilitated role clarification and helped foster peer-support and learning networks, which were perceived to provide ongoing professional and personal benefits to participants. Conclusions: Our study revealed a consensus about the beneficial outcomes of TTL among those involved with the program. It supports the significant and ongoing value of widely implemented, multifaceted nursing leadership development programs and demonstrates that participants value their informal interactions as highly as they do the formal content. These findings have implications for delivery mode of similar professional development programs.
- Subjects :
- Program evaluation
Adult
education
Nursing
Nurse Administrator
Midwifery
Likert scale
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Nurse education
Nurse Administrators
Staff Development
Program Development
General Nursing
030504 nursing
Leadership development
business.industry
Professional development
Middle Aged
Delivery mode
Leadership
Team nursing
Female
New South Wales
0305 other medical science
business
Program Evaluation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13227696
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a4bea0e56e8a6d2a9403a03cc1cd159d