FACTORS AFFECTING DECISION MAKING AMONG HEAD NURSES AT NASSER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL

Abstract

Background: Everyone in health care has been affected by the continual changes in the health careenvironment. Often, these changes demand immediate decisions or programmed responses-ones that cannot be analyzed or researched for period of time.Aim of the study: The study aimed to investigate factors affecting decision making among head nurses at Nasser Institute Hospital.Research design: Descriptive study. Subject & methodes:the study was conducted at Nasser Institute Hospitaland Study Subjectswere 60 head nurses, 6 of them were participating at pilot study. The actual study sample (54) head nurses.Tools: Data of this study were be collected by using: Self-administrative questionnaire sheet. The results:The study findings that the attendance of training courses in decision-making was the only statistically significant independent predictor of the score of agreement upon the total factors.Conclusion: The study results conduce to the conclusion that the head nurses view the personal factors as the most influential on their decision-making, Only the attendance of training courses in decision-making has a significant independent influence on head nurses' score of agreement upon the total factors.Recommendations: The study recommends that head nureses need for more frequent and in-depth training courses in decision-making. Ensuring proper delegation to build "second-line"' leaders effectively. Keywords:Factors affecting, Decision Making, Head Nurses.