Nurses’ Leadership Style in Tertiary Care Hospitals

An Investigation on Relationship Between Leadership Style and Organizational Maturity Nurses in Educational Hospitals

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between leadership styles with nurse's staff organizational maturity. With aid of Rnsys Laykert and Kenneth Hersey Blanchard theory; a survey was conducted among managerial staff and nurses. A questionnaire with 30 questions was used to determine the leadership styles of 12 managers in 4 educational hospitals. Another questionnaire including ...

Needle stick injuries among nurses of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore: A KAP study.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of needle-stick injuries in female nurses of a public and private hospital and compare the findings. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at one public and one private tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, from March to June 2015, and comprised female nurses who were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. A structured question...

Tertiary hospitals must provide general care.

The effect of leadership style on the employees’ job motivation in health care centers in Shiraz

Introduction: Leadership style is one of the most debated topics in management (urban health-care centers), which has influenced a great number of managers and employees. The present study aimed to determine the impact of the managers’ leadership styles on the employees’ job motivation based on the Vroom-Yetton model.Methods: This study was a descriptive–analytical one and the researchenvironme...

Job satisfaction among nurses working in the private and public sectors: a qualitative study in tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan

BACKGROUND Many low and middle income countries lack the human resources needed to deliver essential health interventions. A health care system with a limited number of nurses cannot function effectively. Although the recommended nurse to doctor ratio is 4:1, the ratio in Pakistan is reversed, with 2.7 doctors to one nurse. METHODS A qualitative study using narrative analysis was undertaken i...