Educational needs of nursing managers about quality assurance of nursing care in Qazvin teaching hospitals

Abstract

Background: Surveying the educational needs of nursing managers specially in quality assurance of nursing care is an essential stage for planning implementation and assessment of nursing education. Objective: To determine the educational needs of nursing managers in relation to quality assurance of nursing care in Qazvin teaching hospitals. Methods: A total number of 50 nursing managers (Nursing administrator, supervisors and headnurses) completed the questionnaires of this analytical-descriptive survey done in 1997. Using X² test, Fisher test and P-correlation coefficient the data were analyzed. Findings: Results indicated that 76% of the samples needed to be taught in knowledge field and 80% of them needed to be taught in performance field specially in setting standards of care and methods of monitoring nursing care and teaching this concept to subordinate employees. Conclusion: These findings should lead the educational planners to change the syllabus of nursing management course and subsequently to improre the continual inservice training plans.