Investigation on the time management disposition status of nursing managers in Sichuan province
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.19.034
- VernacularTitle:四川省护理管理者时间管理倾向现状调查
- Author:
Jingying LIU
1
;
Jiping LI
;
Fengjiao CHEN
Author Information
1. 610041 成都,四川大学华西医院/华西临床医学院护理部/系
- Keywords:
Nursing management research;
Time management disposition;
Data collection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(19):2398-2401
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the time management disposition status of nursing managers in Sichuan province , and to establish a basis for the further study of the time management disposition of nursing managers in China and discuss how to improve their time management skills .Methods A cross-sectional survey of 454 nursing managers was conducted by using the Employee Time Management Questionnaire .Results The overall scores of goal setting , time controls, schedule, chaotic tendencies and total points for nursing managers (17.18 ±3.22), (17.59 ±.02), (14.42 ±2.58), (12.13 ±1.74), and (61.32 ±8.02), respectively.There were significant differences in scores of nurse managers with different gender , position, hospital level, work experience, the tenure of their offices (t/F=6.134, 3.160, 42.265, 14.643, respectively;P<0.05).The total point and time controls were positively correlated with position (r=0.112,P<0.05), negatively correlated with work experience (r=-0.452,P<0.05) and tenure (r=-0.244, P<0.05).Conclusions Longer-serving, longer-tenure and primary hospitals ’ managers need to improve their time manage skills .It is necessary to strengthen their nursing management knowledge and time management skills via training program to enhance time management disposition .