Management Program about Strategies of Building Effective Work Team on Nursing Staff Performance at Intensive Care Units

Marwa Sorour,Fouada Shabaan,Amal Awad,Karima El-Syaid

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2019.71523

Abstract

Background: Team building includes wide range of activities and strategies designed for improving team performance. Its aim is to bring out the best in a team to ensure self -development, positive communication, conflict and change management skills and the ability to work closely together as a team. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate program about strategies of building effective work team on nursing staff performance at intensive care units. Setting: Study was conducted at five ICUs at El-Menshawy hospital affiliated to Ministry of Health, namely neurology, cardiology, medical, pediatric and neonatal. Subjects: All (n=210) nursing staff working at the five ICUs understudy divided into all (n=10) head nurses two in each ICU and all (n=200) nurses. Tool: Two tools were used; (1) nursing staff work team building knowledge questionnaire (2) nursing staff actual work team building strategies observation checklist. Results: majority of nursing staff (84.9%) had poor knowledge level for work team building, decreased to about one third had poor knowledge level post program. Preprogram majority of nursing staff (89.6%) showed either low or moderate total practice level for work team building seven strategies, changed post program to be (51.1%) of nursing staff showed high total practice level. Half of head nurses preprogram had moderate total management practice level for work team building; changed post program to equal (40%) percent of them had high and moderate total management practice level. Conclusion: Nursing staff of ICU at El-Menshawy hospital demanding for management program to develop their knowledge and practice about team building strategies. Implementing of the program actually develops their knowledge and practice. Recommendations: conducting pre-employment educational training workshops for novice nurses about effective work team building strategies. Maintain periodical orientation of nursing staff at ICU about strategies of building effective work team.

Highlights

Intensive care unit (ICU) is a designated area offering facilities for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of multiple organ failure[1]
Effective nursing work team employs the practices of collaboration and enhanced decisions works toward a common goal [4]
Subjects The study subject consisted of all (n=192) nursing staff working at the five ICUs under study namely neurology (n=10), cardiology (n=25), medical (n=53), pediatric (n=24) and neonatal (n=70)

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Intensive care unit (ICU) is a designated area offering facilities for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of multiple organ failure[1]. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate program about strategies of building effective work team on nursing staff performance at intensive care units. Preprogram majority of nursing staff (89.6%) showed either low or moderate total practice level for work team building seven strategies, changed post program to be (51.1%) of nursing staff showed high total practice level. Half of head nurses preprogram had moderate total management practice level for work team building; changed post program to equal (40%) percent of them had high and moderate total management practice level. Conclusion: Nursing staff of ICU at El-Menshawy hospital demanding for management program to develop their knowledge and practice about team building strategies.

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