Ethical Leadership Educational Program for Head Nurses and its Influence on Staff Nurses Organizational Pride

Abstract

Background: Ethical leadership lead to positive effects such as increased organizational pride among staff nurses who work with ethical leaders so they do their best to ensure the success of their healthcare organizations. Aim: Assess ethical leadership educational program for head nurses and its influence on staff nurses' organizational pride. Research Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in inpatient units at Benha University hospitals. Sample: included all available (35) head nurses, as well as a simple random sample (320) out from (1600) staff nurses. Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized for data collection namely; Ethical Leadership scale, Ethical Leadership knowledge and organizational Pride questionnaire. Results: Minority 66% of head nurses had good knowledge level at the preprogram phase while it increased to 82.5% & 79.3% at post program and follow up phases, respectively, while only 21% of them had high ethical leadership skills level at preprogram phase, which increased to most of them 87% & 83% at post program and follow phases respectively. Also, while 11% of staff nurses had a high organizational pride level at preprogram phase, it was increased to most of them 70%&69.5% at the post program phase and follow phase, respectively. Conclusion: There was a highly positive statistical significant correlation between head nurses' ethical leadership knowledge, skills and staff nurses' organizational pride at post and follow up program phases. Recommendations: Hospital administration should conduct the ethical leadership educational program for different levels of nurse managers to promote the ethical leadership in their organization.