Assessment of administrative competencies among nurse managers in tertiary hospitals in the central and northern zones of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorNgowi, Fina Zacharia
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-18T11:22:44Z
dc.date.available2019-01-18T11:22:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionDissertation ( MSc. Nursing Education)en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study aims to determine the administrative competencies of nurse managers, working in Tertiary Hospitals of Tanzania. Method: this was cross sectional study design with quantitative research approach. Simple randomly sampling was employed to select two zones out of the five zones listed in Tanzania. Purposive sampling method was used to select three public tertiary hospitals and nurse (N=276). Standardized structured questionnaires were used as main data collection tool. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20. Results: Study revealed that, majority of nurse managers lacked knowledge on administrative competencies. Out of (N=276) nurse managers, 54.3% (N=150) were observed to have poor knowledge on administrative competencies as compared those who had knowledge. Moreover most of nurse managers were observed to have good knowledge in coordinating 71.4% (n=194), followed by planning 22.1 %( n=61) and organizing being the last 17 %( n=48). Nurse manager aged 45+ years old were three times more likely to have a good knowledge on administrative competencies, (AOR=3.297, 95%CI=0.580-4.289, p=<0.05) as compared to other aged groups. Additionally nurse managers with Bachelor and above were four times more likely to have good knowledge on administrative competencies (AOR=3.681, 95% CI=0.045-5.896, p=0.05), as compared with other educational levels. Furthermore nurse manager had working experiences for 21+ years were three times more likely to have good knowledge on administrative competencies (AOR= 3.412,95%CI=1.482, p=0.05) higher than others. Conclusions: it was observed that age, working experience and education level of the nurse managers had positive influence on administrative competencies particularly knowledge. Keywords: Nurse Manager, Administrative competencies, Hospital Management, Planning, Organizing and coordination.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgowi, F. Z. (2017). Assessment of administrative competencies among nurse managers in tertiary hospitals in the central and northern zones of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Dodoma: The University of Dodomaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/550
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Dodomaen_US
dc.subjectAdministrative competenciesen_US
dc.subjectNurseen_US
dc.subjectNurse managersen_US
dc.subjectTertiary hospitalsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectHospital managementen_US
dc.subjectPlanningen_US
dc.subjectOrganizingen_US
dc.subjectCompetenceen_US
dc.titleAssessment of administrative competencies among nurse managers in tertiary hospitals in the central and northern zones of Tanzania: a cross-sectional studyen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
FINA NGOWI- REPORT.pdf
Size:
1.31 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Master Dissertations