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The Effectiveness of a Decision-making Skill Improvement Program for Nurse
Managers: A Pilot Study
Y. Kasamatsu and M. Kobayashi 1
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Fundamental Nursing, Otemae University, Japan
Background: In the increasingly sophisticated field of medical care, nurse managers are required to
make changes to improve the quality of nursing care. Their decision-making skills play an important
role in such changes.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a decision-making skills improvement program
implemented for nurse managers.
Methods: The study included 33 nurse managers. The program consisted of four self-study DVD lectures
(each lasting 15 minutes, over a period of two months) and a case method (one case per month)
targeting 4 cases. Before implementation, immediately after and one month after completion of the
program, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted by mail using a decision-making skills
measurement tool (2-factors, 20-items) for nurse managers. Statistical analysis was performed using a
one -way linear mixed effect model (significance level p<.05) to calculate effect size(η2).
Results: 25 respondents (67.56% valied response rate) were included in the analysis. Although the
total score of decision-making skills of nurse managers increased before, immediately after, and one
month after completion of the program, the difference was not significant. The effect size η2 was η2
＝.83 immediately after program completion and η2=.80 one month after program completion.
Conclusion: The results suggest that a decision-making skills program for nurse managers has
the potential to improve their decision-making skills. The challenge is to analyze changes in the
decision-making skills of nurse managers in the future and revise the program.
Keywords: nurse manager, decision-making skills, program
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Correspondence: Yuri Kasamatsu, Fundamental Nursing, Otemae University, Japan
E-mail: yuri-k@otemae.ac.jp
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