The Development and Effectiveness of Leadership and Management Program for Enhancing the Nursing Managers Competency: A Quasi-Experimental Pre-Posttest Study

Nurse managers are vital in managing their workplace and providing high-quality, safe nursing care. Health organizations require qualified managers with leadership and management knowledge and skills to provide healthy work environments and enhance the outcomes related to staff nurses and patients. It is imperative to offer nursing managers an educational program about leadership and management competencies to ensure their readiness to accomplish their roles. Developing leadership and management competency intervention programs is critical to improving the nurse managers' competency and effectiveness and driving team and organizational performance. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the impact of a leadership and management competency intervention program among front- and second-line nurse managers. A quasi-experimental design with one group. The study involved 48 front-line and second-line nursing leaders from 25 health institutions, including hospitals and primary healthcare facilities. Self-assessment questionnaires on leadership competency and effectiveness, as well as a program satisfaction scale, were used. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and represented in percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Statistical significance among variables was considered at a p-value less than 0.05. The research findings suggest that a leadership and management training program had a notable impact on the development of nurse managers. The difference between the nurses' pre-and post-test scores and managerial competency levels was statistically significant (Z=-4.201, p