Problem Solving Training Strategy and Its Effect on Nurse Managers' Thinking and Decision Making Styles

Abstract: Nurse managers must have critical thinking and effective problem-solving skills in order to improve the patient care system, make effective decision, and attain the institutional outcomes, and achieve institutional aims. Aim: Assess the effect of implementing a training strategy about problem solving and measuring its’ effect on thinking and decision making styles of nurse managers. Research design: One group pre- test / post- test research design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: This study was conducted at Nasser General Hospital. This hospital is affiliated to Ministry of Health hospitals at Qalyoubia Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: The study included 50 nurse managers. Tools: Data were collected by two main scales namely; thinking styles scale, and decision-making styles scale. Results: There were significant statistical differences regarding all dimensions of thinking style and total thinking style throughout implementing a strategy stages with elevation in post strategy and follow up than pre strategy. There were significant statistical differences regarding all dimensions of decision-making style and total thinking style throughout implementing a strategy stages with elevation in post strategy and follow up than pre. Conclusion: There were an improvement of nurse managers’ thinking and decision making styles throughout implementing the problem solving training strategy. Recommendations: Conducting a regular workshop for nurse managers about decision making as needed, conduct regular meeting with staff nurses to identify problems early and manage it, and continuous application of needs assessment to recognize nurse manager regarding decision making. Keywords: Problem Solving, Thinking, Decision Making, Styles, Strategy, Nurse Managers. Title: Problem Solving Training Strategy and Its Effect on Nurse Managers’ Thinking and Decision Making Styles Author: Azza Mohamed Abd elkader, Rabab Mahmoud Hassan, Fawzia Mohamed Badran International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing ISSN 2394-7330 Vol. 9, Issue 3, September 2022 - December 2022 Page No: 19-29 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 21-September-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7100584 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/Problem%20Solving%20Training%20Strategy-21092022-3.pdfInternational Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing, ISSN 2394-7330, Novelty Journals, Website: www.noveltyjournals.co