Nursing Leadership Traits of Head Nurse as Perceived by Staff Nurses in Surin Regional Hospital Ministry of Public Health

Abstract

Reason for the Study: In providing nursing, apart from the in -service staff nurses, the other key personnel who facilitate the effective nursing are the head nurses. They are primary administrators who are crucial which, consequently, effect the positive or negative image of the hospital. For this reason, studies on leadership traits of the head nurses should be conducted to serve as a guideline for further development of leadership traits of head nurses.
Purposes: To study and compare the real nursing leadership traits of head nurses with the desiragble ones,
The of Study: Descriptive study
Method of Study: Collection and analysis of data. The questionnaire that was built by the researchers was based on the traits theory of Marquis & Huston (1996)
Result of the Study: It was found that the real nursing leadership traits of head nurses as perceived by the in -service staff nurses were at a high level ( = 3.85,SD = 0.54). However, the desirable nursing leadership traits as perceived by the in-service staff nurses ware at a very high level ( = 4.54, SD = 0.43). When the two were compared, a significant difference of 0.01 (t = 16.26) was found.
Conclusion of the study: The study shows that the in -service staff nurses, perceptions of the desirable leadership traits of the head nurses are very high. The findings can be used as a guideline for further development of head nurses and nursing organization work.
Keywords: Head nurses, leadership traits, in-service staff nurses