The Management Ability for Head Nurses Assessed by Using Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance

Abstract

Objectives:To assess the head nurses using Kendall's coefficient of Concordance.Methods: An approach to assess the management ability of nurse heads was to collect data evaluated by nursing supervisors on 5-point ten management core axes in hospital. We analyze (1) the relation of Cronbach's  and Kendall's coefficient of concordance; (2) performance presentations on Google maps with visual displays; (3) the association between summation scores and the age of nurse heads. Results:We found that (1) the relation between Cronbach's  and Kendall's coefficient is significantly strong(r=0.61, t=5.87) in concordance(Kendall =0.85, 2  =100.38,df=59, p< .0001); (2) the dashboard shown on the Google map with multidisciplinary functionalities is merit; (3)the association between summation scores and the age is trivial (r=0.18, t=1.5) without concordance (Kendall =0.59( 2  =76.33, df=65, p=0.16). Conclusion:The demonstration of performance sheet is shown on Google maps with a dashboard. The Kendall's coefficient of concordance can be used for an example in assessing the selection of the nurse head in the hospital as well as in evaluating many kinds of competition judged by referees in the future.