Program Development to Enhance Head Nurse Leadership Competencies in Thailand 4.0 Era: A Case Study of a Hospital in Eastern Region
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Development, Leadership competency, Nursing, Head nurse, Thailand 4.0Abstract
This study aimed to explore nursing leadership competencies of head nurse in accordance with Twenty-Year National Strategic Plan for Public Health in Thailand 4.0 era. Informants were twelve nurse administrators at a tertiary hospital in the Health Region 6. A criterion sampling was applied. Data collecting methods were in-depth interviews and content analysis was applied.
The findings identified the nursing leadership competencies in accordance with Twenty-Year National Strategic Plan for Public Health as follow: 1) The ‘Promotion, Prevention and Protection (PP&P) Excellence’ strategy consisted of 5 knowledge components, 6 skill components, 3 attribute components, and 1 experience component.; 2) The ‘Service Excellence’ strategy consisted of 7 knowledge components, 11 skill components, 3 attribute components, and 2 experience component; 3) The ‘People Excellence’ strategy consisted of 8 skill components 1 attribute components and 4) The ‘Governance Excellence’ strategy consisted of 1 knowledge components, 9 skill components, 2 attribute components, and 1 experience component.
This study provides a framework of nursing leadership competencies for head nurse in Thailand 4.0 era that are benefits to nursing administration and human resource management in competency-based selection, development, and evaluation practices.
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