Management program on nursing staff leading role and compliance to follow safety measures is an important component help to protect nursing staff from work related risks. Goal of safety program is to keep staff nurses safe and lead them toward safety actions, so they can help them to gain knowledge, and skills to deliver safe and quality care. So, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of management program on nursing staff leading role and compliance to follow safety measures at intensive care units. Study was conducted at all ICUs of Tanta Emergency Hospital. The total number of study sample was (n=100) nursing staff working in ICUs at Tanta Emergency Hospital, including charge nurses (n=30) and bedside nurses (n=70). Twoo tools were used for the collection of data: (1) Nursing Staff Performance Scale and (2) Nursing Staff Knowledge Questionnaire. The results of this study revealed that minority (26.7%) of charge nurses showed satisfactory level of practice for leading role pre-program, improved to be majority (86.7%) post-program. Few (41.4%) bedside nurses had satisfactory level of total compliance to follow safety measures practice pre-program, improved to majority (88.6%) post-program. Nursing staff (48%) had poor level of total knowledge pre-program, but the majority (92%) showed good level of total knowledge post program. Conclusion: Nursing staff knowledge and practice on leading role and compliance to follow safety measures in ICUs at Tanta Emergency Hospital were low, change nurses leading role and bedside nurse's compliance practice improved after implementation of needed program. Therefore, the study recommended that conduct regular training programs, workshops and seminars for nursing staff to refresh their knowledge, skills and experiences related to leading role and safety measures.

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Aim of the study: This study aimed to determine obstacles' and facilitators facing safe administration of chemotherapy by oncology nursing staff. Material and methods: Study design: descriptive study design (qualitative) was used. Setting: the study was conducted at Tanta cancer center affiliated to Ministry of Health at El Garbeia Governorate Egypt. Sample: All (55) nurses working in oncology medical department at Tanta cancer center and administer chemotherapy. Tools: five tools was used to conduct this study. Tool one: Structured interview questionnaire: It was developed by the research after review of related literature. It was consisted of two parts: First part: Socio-demographic characteristics of oncology nurses and Second part: Level of knowledge needed about cytotoxic chemotherapy) by nurses .The total responses was summed up and classified into three levels, high, moderate &Low. Tool Two Obstacles' facing nurses for safe administration of hazardous drug. It was developed by the researchers in Arabic & consisted of 13 open ended questions. Tool Three: Modified Nurses attitude toward safe administration of hazardous drug for cancer patients (chemotherapy) questionnaire. It was adapted and translated into Arabic by the researchers. It was consisted of 18 items & included both positive and negative item statements Tool Four: Modified Nurses anxiety and fear to administer hazardous drug for cancer patient questionnaires .It was adapted and translated into Arabic by the researchers. It consists of 18 items, the responses were 4 response Statements .Total anxiety scores: divided into three levels high, moderate and low according to scores. Tool Five: Facilitators' of safe administration of hazardous drugs (cytotoxic chemotherapy): It was developed by the researchers in Arabic after review of related literature. It consisted of 13 open ended questions. Method: 1. Permission was obtained from head of oncology department at main Tanta University Hospital .2. Ten experts in the field of oncology, five oncology experts affiliated to Faculty of Medicine Tanta University and five nurses revised the tool for content validity. 3. Each nurses interviewed individually and participated to fulfill the questions in the five tools. 4. Ethical considerations: Consent was obtained from nurses after explanation of the research study aims and content. Confidentiality of data was ensured using code number instead of their names and withdrawal from the study was reserved. 5. Pilot study was carried out on 10% of the study sample 10 nurses working in outpatient clinics and administer chemotherapy and not included in the sample to test tool feasibility and applicability and the required modification was done. Results: Oncology nurses age was from 21-55 and have years of experiences from 0-30 year and more than two third of them married with deplume of secondary school level of education with no training courses about safe chemotherapy administration. Obstacles' for safe chemotherapy administration as perceived by nurses wor...

Background: Coaching has been identified as a key managerial behavior that organizations must promote to develop novice nurses and achieve higher levels of performance. The transition process of novice nurse to the clinical environment is a critical phase in the professional life. Factors linked with transition process include head nurses coaching skills, insufficiency of practical training, lack of confidence, lack conflict management, unrealistic expectations, stress, lack of supervision or support and burnout. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of educational program on head nurses' coaching skills to manage novice nurses' role ambiguity. Subjects and Method: Setting of study Tanta International Teaching Hospital. Subjects: All (n=123), head nurses (50) and novice nurses (73). Tool: Three tools were used to collection data; (1) Head nurses coaching skills knowledge questionnaire (2) Head nurses coaching skills self-assessment questionnaire (3) Novice nurses' role ambiguity questionnaire. Results: Preprogram about 82% of head nurses had poor level of knowledge and had either low or moderate level of total coaching skills, while (78.1%) of novice nurses showed high total level of role ambiguity. There was highly statistically significant difference between total knowledge and skills practice post than preprogram. There was also statistical significant positive correlation between head nurses total knowledge, total coaching skills practice and novice nurses total role ambiguity preprogram at (P = 0.001) and post program at (P = 0.001). As well as between head nurses total coaching skills and novice nurses total role ambiguity preprogram at (P = 0.044) and post program at (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Head nurses were demanding for educational program to develop their knowledge and coaching skills practice to manage novice nurses' role ambiguity, Recommendations: Maintain periodical in-service program to head nurses about coaching skills and to novice nurses about their roles and responsibilities.