IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE AND PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS WITH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIZATION OF NURSING MANAGERS IN HOSPITALS OF SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Nursing managers have a significant and important role in the delivery of health services. It is essential to educate and develop these managers. The purpose of this study was to determine and prioritize the educational needs of nursing managers in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. All the nursing managers employed in governmental hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences were studied. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS22 software.

The results of this study on the demographic findings of nursing managers in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences showed that most of the subjects had a more than 25 years of service experience in nursing education. The priority of the needs of nursing managers was the safety and control of infection (with the mean of 2.49), followed by the domain of communication, ethics, and professional rules (with the mean of 2.48) and the lowest priority was related to the average education (2.16).

Regarding the important role of nursing managers in hospitals and the necessity of continuing education and their impact on their job skills, educational planning should be based on educational needs. Based on the results, accurate and realistic planning could be done in the field of training nursing managers.