Nurse Managers' Perception for Future Foresight in Nursing

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

2 Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

Abstract

Background: Futurology or future studies is a science that deals with the possible, the possible, and the preferred from the future, along with things with few possibilities but with great effects that can accompany their occurrence, even with expected events with high probability, such as low communication costs, the inflation of the Internet, or an increase in the percentage of The segment of the centenarians in a particular country. Aims: assess nurse managers' perception of future foresight  in nursing at Assiut University Hospitals. Study design: A descriptive design. Setting: The study was conducted in all Assiut University Hospitals. Subject: All Nurse Managers (N= 250). Methods: It including personal characteristics data for the study subject, future foresight questionnaire that included nine factors. Results: the highest mean scores regarding "Importance of foreseeing the future" among the studied subject in all hospitals, the highest mean scores regarding all factors in Al-Orman hospital. Conclusion: There were statistically significance differences regarding all factors of future foresight among studied nurse mangers' in Al Orman hospital. Recommendations: The top manager should give the Nurse Managers opportunities to their area of responsibility participate in decision making to implement tools future foresight in all areas at Assiut University Hospitals , Encourage the nurse manager to participate in workshop about future foresight  factors and tools to increase their commitment toward goal achievement.

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