Psychometric testing of the Leadership and Management Inventory: a tool to measure the skills and abilities of first-line nurse managers

Abstract

The Leadership and Management Inventory can be used when first-line nurse managers' leadership and management skills and abilities are to be measured.

The Role of First Line Nurse Manager

“…P 2 -policy development: Determine the policy for the associated department in accordance with the general purposes of the organization (Skytt et al, 2008). P 3 -implementation of standards: Plan for the implementation of caring standards (Cziraki, 2012;Loo and Thorpe, 2003;Johansson et al, 2007;Skytt et al, 2008;Duffield & Franks, 2001). P 4 -work schedule and task assignment: Set the different work schedules for different workers (Loo & Thorpe, 2003), and assign the corresponding tasks (division of labor) (Skytt et al, 2008).…”

“…P 1 -problem identification: Investigate the current situation in the dominated department to identify the problems related to delivering quality services (Cziraki, 2012;Johansson et al, 2007;Skytt et al, 2008;Duffield & Franks, 2001;Ramachandra, 2011). P 2 -policy development: Determine the policy for the associated department in accordance with the general purposes of the organization (Skytt et al, 2008). P 3 -implementation of standards: Plan for the implementation of caring standards (Cziraki, 2012;Loo and Thorpe, 2003;Johansson et al, 2007;Skytt et al, 2008;Duffield & Franks, 2001).…”

“…P 3 -implementation of standards: Plan for the implementation of caring standards (Cziraki, 2012;Loo and Thorpe, 2003;Johansson et al, 2007;Skytt et al, 2008;Duffield & Franks, 2001). P 4 -work schedule and task assignment: Set the different work schedules for different workers (Loo & Thorpe, 2003), and assign the corresponding tasks (division of labor) (Skytt et al, 2008). P 5 -report delivery: Plan to enhance the quality of service delivery in the departments under supervision (Gibb, 2003;Cziraki, 2012;Loo & Thorpe, 2003;Johansson et al, 2007;Skytt et al, 2008;Duffield & Franks, 2001;Ramachandra, 2011).…”

“…These changes that are aimed for increasing organizational effectiveness and efficiency have greatly influenced the roles and responsibilities of the first line nurse managers (FLNMs). Today, the FLNMs' roles have become multidimensional where they are expected to manage wards and carry out their overall daily duties for their patients at the same time (Loo & Thorpe, 2003;Johansson et al, 2007;Skytt et al, 2008). Within the last decade, some studies (Carnevale, 1997;Persson & Thylefors, 1999) have reported that such new directions have negatively led to overloading, conflicting, and ambiguous roles of the FLNMs because the nature of nursing management has been fundamentally misunderstood.…”

“…To date, many studies on FLNMs have emphasized on the need to clearly define their roles. For example, Skytt et al (2008) used Mintzberg's (1973 theory of the manager's working roles to categorize the FLNMs' duties, and discovered that their current roles mainly concern day-to-day work and responsibilities for personnel, particularly those related to empowerment and staff well-being. The authors also described an idealistic role for these FLNMs, which is to perform daily work that prioritizes the patients, this is followed by developing services and cooperating with others.…”